Tyler, John M. (John Mason), 1851-1929

Tyler was born on May 18, 1851 in Amherst, Massachusetts, the son of Professor William Seymour Tyler. He graduated from Amherst College in 1873 and earned an M.A. from Amherst in 1876. He received a Ph. D. from Colgate in 1888. Tyler taught at Phillips Academy, Andover, and at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. From 1876 to 1879 he studied in Germany at the Universities of Göttingen and Leipzig. Upon his return to Amherst he was appointed to the faculty of Amherst College as Instructor in Biology (1879-1881), Instructor in Zoology and Botany (1881-1882), and Stone Professor of Biology (1882-1917). Tyler died in 1929.

From the description of Tyler papers, 1875-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51775117

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