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Namesakes Places, organizations and things named after people. Who is your city or town, village or tribe named after? Or how about the company you work for, or the consumer product that you just bought at the store get its name? Have you ever wondered where a scientific discovery got its name? We often name our cities, towns, rivers, mountain rangers, airports, and universities after a promi...
This project aims to gather together all of the Geni profiles of people who directly founded American colleges and universities. Anyone who solely founded an institution can be added. Who Is a Founder? Please read this section carefully before adding anyone to this project. Thanks! A specific founder is usually listed on the "History" page of any major college or university's website. In m...
Inventors= Inventors are people who invent unique or novel devices, methods, compositions, processes or discoveries. This project is on History Link = List of notable inventors = For a complete list, please see: Inventors Project Profiles . * Dr. Andre Cipriani , pioneered the development of the Cobalt-60 Therapy units which are used for the treatment of cancer and occupational radiation protec...
The etymology and history of first names and surnames This is a umbrella project about sources and informations of etymology of first names and surnames, for the whole World, from a online and offline sources such as websites, books, articles, and other records. Aim of project The purpose and aim of this project is to share a informations with Geni users in Geni Community, in order to be in...
One major part of American history is all that Africans of America and their descendants have done to build, shape and help establish what we call one of the greatest countries of the world. Black people have contributed in many professions from farming to heart surgery and rocket science, perfected and/or found uses in their services that would benefit us all over the world.=COLONIAL INNOVATIO...
We all have a sweet-tooth, crave salt, a favorite comfort food, a drink that hits the spot, a family dish created for the holidays, or have used food to get to someone's heart because, "A way to a man's heart is through his stomach." Well, this project is a showcase of all the people on Geni who have won us over in some way, shape or form, through our stomachs...or our tastebuds. This project i...
So, You're on a Disease?!====Ever so often people get coined a disease after their name. An eponyme. Regardless whether or not they came up with the given disease. Or due to some symptom, procedure, what have you...(Alois Alzheimer perhaps did not invent Alzheimer's disease, and Lou Gehrig was a sportsman, and not a physician.) ===It is the aim of this project to collect names here of individua...
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature. Place project portals Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. Geographical Australia Canada Europe Al-Andalus Austro-Hungarian-Empire Belarus Czech Republic-Bohemia Croatia
Este é um sub-projeto do Projeto Maior Namesakes Lugares, organizações e coisas com nomes de pessoas no Brasil Quem é pessoa que dá nome a uma cidade ou vila? E o nome da empresa para quem trabalha ou o produto de consumo que você acabou de comprar? Você já se perguntou onde uma descoberta científica teve o nome de uma pessoa? Muitas vezes, nomeamos nossas cidades, estados, rios, montanhas, ...