WASHINGTON-An era in the American military came to an end on Wednesday when David H. Petraeus, the most influential general of his generation, retired with a 17-gun salute and a warning that coming budget cuts should not lead to the "hollow Army" that occurred after the Vietnam War.
Ronald Coase, who received the 1991 Nobel Prize in economics for observations that expanded economics to include the law and broadened legal theory to encompass the "dismal science", was one of the most influential economists in generations.
The modern concept of a Caucasian race, which students my age were taught in school, came from Johann Friedrich Blumenbach of Göttingen, the most influential of this generation of race scholars.
As is shown in scientific literature, the curvature discontinuity of a bore-hole trajectory can be one of the most influential factors in generation of friction forces resisting to motion of drill strings.
But one of the most influential politicians of his generation?
"Surely one of the most influential comedians of a generation".
American astronomer Edwin Hubble was the most influential observer of his generation.
She was considered one of the most influential ballerinas of her generation.
Among the most influential novelists of the generation born in the 1920s is Yashar Kemal.
"I think he is arguably the most influential person of his generation," says Kirkpatrick.
