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Prof. Erik Bohn
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Deceased Date: 2012-08-06
Dr. Bohn's contributions in engineering are in the field of automatic control systems. While in industry he played a major part in the design and development of the CF-100 Flight Simulator. At the University he developed and patented a Pulse Analog Computer. Among the approaches to the study of the coupling of radio antennas to the antenna feed his was among the first to treat the combined system and arrive at the current distribution and input impedance of cylindrical antennas. He has published many papers and two books.
Mr. Pierre Bois
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Deceased Date: 2011-09-30
Pierre Bois a contribué par des observations importantes à plusieurs champs de la médecine expérimentale et, en particulier, à celui de l'endocrinologie. Ses premières recherches portèrent sur les multiples interactions entre glucocorticoïdes et minéralocorticoïdes, et sur les activités pharmacologiques des corticoïdes halogénés qui avaient été synthésisés alors qu'il était candidat au doctorat. Plus tard, il a fait des recherches très intéressantes sur des sujets aussi variés que le lathyrisme, la pharmacologie de la sérotonine, la dystrophie musculaire et la déficience en magnésium. C'est au cours de ces dernières investigations qu'il a fait la découverte pour laquelle il est le mieux connu à travers le monde, soit l'induction de thymome par carence en magnésium.
Dr. Charles Bolton
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Stellar spectroscopy, massive stars, binary stars, variable stars, light pollution
Deceased Date: 2021-02-04
Charles Thomas Bolton achieved world-wide recognition for his work on those exotic objects known as black holes. Specifically, he was the first to demonstrate the existence of a black hole. His observations of the star which is coincident with one of the strongest sources of celestial X-rays showed that it is orbiting an invisible body, the source of the X-rays. From the nature of the orbit Bolton showed convincingly that the companion body is so very massive that it must be a black hole. In another area Professor Bolton has solved a long-standing riddle in astrophysics posed by chemical inhomogeneities found in hot luminous stars. His work showed that strong magnetic fields account for their spectra and variability. Bolton's research is of broad significance in modern astrophysics.
Mr. Joseph Bonenfant
RSC Fellow,
Affiliation: Université de Sherbrooke
Deceased Date: 2000-04-24
Joseph Bonenfant, du Département des lettres et communications de l'Université de Sherbrooke, est un littéraire qui a formé, au cours de trente ans de carrière, des disciples qui marquent aujourd'hui les lettres québécoises. Il a lui-même signé de nombreux articles sur la poésie comme genre littéraire ou sur l'oeuvre de poètes français ou québécois.
Il est l'auteur d'un essai, « Passions du poétique », qui lui a valu deux prix littéraires. Sa contribution au rayonnement des lettres et de la culture est reconnue au niveau national et international.
Prof. Laurence Bongie
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: Enlightenment (studies), hume, diderot, condillac, SADE
Deceased Date: 2020-12-26
Laurence Bongie, Department of French, The University of British Columbia, is a researcher and author whose work demonstrates mastery of eighteenth-century literary, philosophic, and historical studies. The French Enlightenment is his chief subject field, but his range of marked competence extends to figures associated with eighteenth-century Britain. His writings present striking discoveries, both archival and interpretative, which change our perspectives on Hume, Diderot, Condillac, Charles Edward Stuart, and Sade, also on the underworld of clandestine publication. His model scholarship is at its best when he is working with primary sources, solving problems, exploding stubborn myths, and challenging ideological pieties. His five ground-breaking books on five different authors place him in the top rank of eighteenth-century scholars.
Senator douard Bonnefous
RSC Fellow,
Affiliation: Institut de France
Deceased Date: 2007-02-24
Dr. Jonathan Borwein
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Newcastle
Keywords: Experimental mathematics, optimization, functional analysis, high performance computing, collaborative technology
Deceased Date: 2016-08-02
Jonathan Borwein is a mathematician of great versatility and range. He has contributed to classical and modern analysis, optimization, computational mathematics and number theory. One of his accomplishments is the Borwein-Preiss Smooth Variational Principle which has proved to be fundamental for the study of differentiability of functions on Banach spaces. He has been a pioneer in the study of nonsmooth analysis and generalized gradients. In addition, he has made some fascinating contributions to the study of computational algorithms. For instance, with his brother, Peter Borwein, he discovered a cubic analogue of the arithmetic-geometric mean iteration of Gauss and Legendre.
Prof. J. Bosher
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: York University
Keywords: Merchants,tTrade, Vancouver Island, British Empire, New France
Deceased Date: 2020-09-03
John Francis Bosher is an historian who has established a reputation in both Canada and Europe through his writings on eighteenth century France. His two books, "The Single Duty Project"1965) and "French Finances 1770-1795" (1970), and a large number of scholarly articles have opened up, in an imaginative and pioneering way, the study of the pre-revolutionary public administration of France. His research has been resourceful and thorough, his writing style elegant and his interpretation of the
critical subject widely praised. His studies of the administration of New France and the relations between France and New France have been of great importance to students of Canadian history. Professor Bosher's international standing as an historian is testimony to the seriousness with which he approaches scholarship and the magnitude of his achievement.
Mr. Raymond Boudon
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Université Paris IV-Sorbonne
Keywords: Sociologie de l'éducation, sociologie de la connaissance, sociologie de valeurs, histoire de la sociologie, sociologie de la mobilité sociale
Deceased Date: 2013-04-10
Raymond Boudon figure parmi les plus éminents sociologues de notre époque. Ses livres on fait réfléchir des générations de la fin des années 60. Imperméable aux canons de la "pensée unique et correcte", il maintient fermement l'héritage de nos grands ancêtres des XIXe et XXe siècles : le mariage de la raison et de la justice. La primauté des valeurs assurant la dignité de chaque individu s'harmonise, en fin de compte, avec la finalité de la justice sociale.