Whitney, Leon F. (Leon Fradley), 1894-1973
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Leon Fradley Whitney (1894-1973), biologist and verterinarian, was the author of juvenile fiction and books on the care of pets.
Leon Fradley Whitney was a biologist and promoted sterilization in eugenics.
Leon F. Whitney, biologist and veterinarian, was born on March 29, 1894 in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Leon and Geneva Fradley Whitney. He received a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts in 1916 and a D.V.M. from Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1940. From 1940 until 1964 he was a clinical instructor in pathology at the Yale School of Medicine.
He was the author of many works on animals, including The Basis of Breeding (1928), How to Breed Dogs (1937), All About Guppies (1952), and Keep Your Pigeons Flying (1960). He published scientific papers on human genetics, population problems, and the genetic characteristics and mental aptitudes of dogs. He also wrote at least three juvenile books on pets, the manuscripts for two of which are found in the collection.
Whitney married Katharine Carroll Sackett in 1916 and was the father of two children. He died in 1973.
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Children's literature
Dogs
Eugenics
Homing pigeons
Involuntary sterilization
Pets
Sterilization, Eugenic
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