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A Polish-Swiss chemist.

Won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1950) along with Edward C. Kendall & Philip S. Hench, “for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects.”

Princess of Sikkim, daughter Chogyal Thutob Namgyal, the 9th consecrated ruler of Sikkim. (Bhutia 1994: 57) Mother of Queen Grandmother Ashi Kesang Choden of Bhutan. Wife of 2nd Prime Minister Sir Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji.

In her early years she was given an monastic education.

She is best known for designing the flag of Bhutan.

5 April 1918, marries Sonam Tobgye Dorji of Bhutan. They had five children: his eldest son Jigme Palden (1919-1964) who became Prime Minister of Bhutan; the second eldest, a daughter Tashi (b.1923), who helped in the affairs of the Bhutan House; Kesang Choden (b.1930), who married the third King of Bhutan; Ugyen (1933-2006), a reincarnation of a high priest in Tibet; and Lhendup (1935-2007). The children were all born and brought up in Bhutan House and educated in the elite schools set up by the British within Darjeeling and Kalimpong. (Khandu-Om Dorji 2008:10)

Was deeply religious and a scholar with an interest in the history and culture of Bhutan. Was also knowledgeable about the history and cultures of Tibet and Sikkim. She was a founding member and took an active role in the Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology (SRIT), Gangtok, Sikkim. From 1964-65 she was co-opted in the General Council of SRIT. (Bhutia 1994: 59)

In memory of her husband, Mayum was commissioned by Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (third king of Bhutan & Mayum's son-in-law) to write the Kanjur and Tenjur, comprising of over 300 volumes of sacred teachings and expositions of Bhuddha in gold lettering (Bhutia 1994: 57)

She funded the construction of many Lhakhangs (temples) and the renovations of monasteries. (Bhutia 1994: 57)

Chinese botanist, known as the father of Chinese pteridology. Wrote the first complete monograph of Chinese Ferns. He published over 160 articles and monographs, as well as 15 translations.

Developed the Ren-Chang Ching System for ferns. In 1940, Ren-Chang Ching published the Natural Classification System of Polypodiaceae, in which he divided plants of Polypodiaceae into 33 families and 249 genera, and proposed 5 evolutionary clues (Xing, 1994). His system ended the conservative classification system of Joseph Dalton Hooker and solved the biggest problem of fern botany at that time, which made great contributions to the worldwide fern taxonomy.

Became interested in botany when studying at the First Agricultural School in Jiangsu Province. After graduation, he attended the University of Nanking and got a bachelor degree in forestry.

Ren-Chang, went on to work as an assistant at Southeast University and later got a job with the Natural History Museum of Academia Sinica.

In 1929, he began researching ferns at the Botany Museum at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark). After returning to China, he worked as a researcher at the Institute of Hydrobiology in Peiping. In 1934, he was sent to Jiangxi to establish the Lushan Botanical Garden and became its director.

During the War of Resistance against Japan, he established a fern research center in Kunming. From 1945, he became an associate professor at the Department of Forestry and Biology of Yunnan University.

In 1949, he also became the Deputy Director of the Forestry Bureau of Yunnan Province.

In order to study ferns he learned English, French, Latin, and other languages.

He took over 18,300 photographs of fern patterns.

Son of Sonham Tobgye Dorji. Became 1st offical Prime Minister of Bhutan (and first to hold the title, Lyonchen). Brother-in-law of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. Was assassinated in April 1964

1928, at the age of nine, was appointed the Trungpa (Administrator) of Haa Dzongkhag

1953, he succeeded his father Raja Tobgay, after his death, as Bhutan Agent to Kalimpong.[6] He became the first man to hold the title Prime Minister of Bhutan (Lyonchen).

an English novelist best known for his romantic adventure King Solomon’s Mines (1885).

He published two unsuccessful novels but captured the public with his African adventure story King Solomon’s Mines. He followed this with She (1887) and further stories of Africa, notably Allan Quatermain (1887), Nada the Lily (1892), Queen Sheba’s Ring (1910), Marie (1912), and The Ivory Child (1916). He used other settings for such striking romances as Cleopatra (1889), Montezuma’s Daughter (1893), and Heart of the World (1896).

• Haggard was also a practical farmer; he served on several government commissions concerning agriculture and was knighted in 1912 for these services.
• With Robert Louis Stevenson, George MacDonald, and William Morris, Haggard was part of the literary reaction against domestic realism that has been called a romance revival.

Was the second Druk Gyalpo (King) of Bhutan from 26 August 1926 until his death on 30 March 1952.