Mast, Samuel Ottmar, 1871-1947.
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Samuel Mast graduated from Michigan State Normal College and received a B.S. degree from the University of Michigan in 1899. In 1906 he earned a Ph. D. from Harvard University. He was a professor of biology (1899-1908) at Hope College before joining the faculty of Johns Hopkins University in 1911. Mast is well known for his discovery of a unicellular organism, Chilomona Paramecium, which was used in cancer research in the 1940s.
From the description of Papers, 1903-1981. (Joint Archive of Holland, History Research Center). WorldCat record id: 30122689
Biographical Note: Samuel Ottmar Mast was born in 1871. After receiving degrees at Univ. of Michigan and Harvard he joined the Zoology faculty at Hopkins in 1907. He retired in 1941.
The physiology of lower invertebrates was his research speciality. Mast died on February 3, 1947; survived by his wife, Grace Rebecca Tennent, and three daughters.
From the description of Samuel Ottmar Mast papers, 1912-1947. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 48395803
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| referencedIn | H. S. (Herbert Spencer) Jennings papers, ca. 1893-1947, Circa 1893-1947 | American Philosophical Society | |
| referencedIn | Jennings, H. S. (Herbert Spencer), 1868-1947. Papers, ca. 1893-1947. | American Philosophical Society Library | |
| creatorOf | Mast, Samuel Ottmar, 1871-1947. Papers, 1903-1981. | Joint Archive of Holland, History Research Center | |
| creatorOf | Mast, Samuel Ottmar, 1871-1947. Samuel Ottmar Mast papers, 1912-1947. | Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library |
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| associatedWith | Adolph, Edward F. (Edward Frederick), 1895-1986. |
| associatedWith | Barker, H. A. (Horace Albert), 1907-2000. |
| associatedWith | Brown, Harley P. |
| associatedWith | Doyle, William L. (William Lewis), 1910- |
| associatedWith | Gleason, Henry A. (Henry Allan), 1882-1975. |
| associatedWith | Guyer, Michael F. (Michael Frederic), b. 1874. |
| associatedWith | Hall, Richard P. (Richard Pinkham), 1900- |
| associatedWith | Haupt, Paul, 1858-1926. |
| associatedWith | Jennings, H. S. (Herbert Spencer), 1868-1947. |
| associatedWith | Kelly, Howard A. (Howard Atwood), 1858-1943. |
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