H. S. (Herbert Spencer) Jennings papers, ca. 1893-1947 Circa 1893-1947

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H. S. (Herbert Spencer) Jennings papers, ca. 1893-1947 Circa 1893-1947

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This is a diverse collection, including correspondence, drafts of letters, notes and notebooks (on biometric methods; tables and formulae; science, nature and method; coefficient and correlation; vitalism; Japanese language); commonplace book (1924); autobiography; and over one hundred folders of unpublished writings. The correspondence and other material covers a variety of topics, including biology, eugenics, evolution and natural selection, human heredity, paramecia, protozoa genetics, U.S. immigration policy. There is much on the Seventh International Congress of Zoology (1907); letters to his father and wives, and from students and colleagues on his seventy-fifth birthday, 1943 (1 v.); diplomas and certificates of membership; and photographs.

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14.5 Linear feet; Ca. 7000 items

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American Philosophical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6631628

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Sweet, Norman

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Jones, Edgar Percival, 1896-

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Cochran, Lucile

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Parker, George Howard, 1864-1955

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George H. Parker, 1864-1955, graduated from Harvard in 1887. Upon graduation he bacame an instructor; he continued his career as instructor and Professor of Zoology until retirement in 1937. He was a pioneer in experimental zoology. From the description of Papers of George H. Parker, 1881-1956 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973149 From the description of Harvard University Archives accession 14826 (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77070240 ...

East, Edward M. (Edward Murray), 1879-1938

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Epithet: plant geneticist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x00034e Epithet: American biologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00000c Oliver Edwin Baker (1883-1949) was an agricultural geographer and population expert and an analyst for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was an authority on agr...

Miles, R.E.

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Catholic University of America

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Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937

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American zoologist; officer in relief organizations in Europe during World War I. From the description of Vernon Lyman Kellogg papers, 1914-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868923 Charlotte Hoffman Kellogg was born in 1874 at Grand Island, Nebraska, and was educated at the University of California, earning a Ph.B. in 1900. She taught English at Miss Head's School in Berkeley, California from 1903 until 1907. During World War I, she participated in civilia...

Sigma Xi

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Pomeroy, Fred Elmer, b. 1877.

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Jennings, George Nelson, 1833-1903.

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George Nelson Jennings was a physician and father of Herbert S. Jennings. From the description of Autobiography, 1897. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523520 From the guide to the George Nelson Jennings autobiography, 1897, 1897, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Lohmann, Carl A. (Carl Albert), 1887-

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Gerould, John Hiram, 1868-1961.

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Gerould was graduated from Dartmouth College with a LittB in 1890. He was an assistant instructor of biology (zoology) from 1894 to 1906, an assistant professor from 1906 to 1915, an associate professor from 1915 to 1918, and a full professor from 1918 to 1938 at Dartmouth College. From the description of Papers, [1896-1954]. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237360137 ...

Anderson, Harold H. (Harold Homer), 1897-

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Dunshee, Earl

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Riddle, Marjorie

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Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-1956

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Frank Aydelotte, seventh President of Swarthmore College, was born on October 18, 1880 in Sullivan, Indiana; he was the first president of the College who was not a Quaker. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Indiana in 1900, and three years later received an M.A. from Harvard. He became a Rhodes Scholar and studied at Oxford University from 1905-1907. He then taught at University of Indiana from 1908-1915. Afterward he taught English Literature at M.I.T. where he worked until he ...

Billikopf, Jacob, 1883-1950

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Leader in Jewish philanthropy, social legislation, and labor management relations; b. in Russia; emigrated to the U.S. in 1896. From the description of Papers, 1900-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70958905 Leader in Jewish philanthropy, social legislation, and labor management relations; b. in Russia; emigrated to the U.S. in 1896. He died in Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Jacob Billikopf will, 1950 Dec. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71748493...

De Garis, Charles F

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Breitenbecker, J K

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Green, Edward Hadley, 1906-

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Muller, H. J. (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967

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George Washington Corner worked as an anatomist, endocrinologist, and medical historian. From the guide to the George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982, (American Philosophical Society) H.J. Muller established the field of production of genetic mutations through x-ray irradiation. He received the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1946. From the description of [Collected reprints of H.J. Muller] 1916-1968. (Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas M...

MacDowell, E. Carleton (Edwin Carleton), 1887-1973

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Zoologist and relief worker. From the description of Papers, 1917-1927. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 27312730 American geneticist. From the description of Edwin Carleton MacDowell papers, 1945-1950. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936376 ...

Alexander, Jerome, 1876-

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Jerome Alexander (1876-1959) was the pre-eminent American scientist in the field of colloidal chemistry, the study of substances neither in suspension nor solution, which was pertinent to many other areas of chemistry. In addition to translating a seminal work in the field, Richard Zsigmondy's Colloids and the Ultra-Microscope, he wrote Colloid Chemistry (1919), and edited and contributed to Colloid Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical, the seven-volume standard work in the field. He also publis...

Wold, Carmin E

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Wheeler, William Morton, 1865-1937

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Wheeler (Clark Univ., Ph. D., 1892) taught entomology at Harvard and was Dean of the Bussey Institution. From the description of Papers of William Morton Wheeler, 1884-1980 (inclusive) 1884-1937 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972925 ...

Cattell, James McKeen, 1860-1944

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Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) of the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the first hospital in the United States devoted primarily to the investigation of disease. Cole's medical research centered on problems relating to immunity to diseases of the respiratory system, particularly pneumonia From the guide to the Rufus Ivory Cole papers, ca. 1900-1966, 1900-1966, (American Philosophical Society) Cattell...

Edwards, Arthur

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Epithet: writing from Marlborough House Pall Mall British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x000007 ...

Baily, Joshua Longstreth, 1889-

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Van der Lyn, Theodore N

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Hazlitt, Henry, 1894-1993

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Henry Hazlitt (1894-1993) was an American libertarian economist and author. Hazlitt had a distinguished career as an economic journalist with the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and other leading metropolitan dailies, and at various times served as Economic Editor of Newsweek, literary editor for The Nation, and editor of American Mercury (replacing H.L. Mencken). He also authored several books on economic subjects. From the guide to the Henry Hazlitt Papers, 1920-1958, (Spe...

Walter, H. E.

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Weaver, Nevin

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Brennemann, Joseph, 1872-1944

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Joseph Brennemann was born near Peru, Illinois. He earned a Ph.B. at the University of Michigan in 1895 and his M.D. from Northwestern University in 1900. His specialty was pediatrics. In 1921 Dr. Brennemann was appointed chief of staff at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Until his retirement from this position in 1941, Brennemann also taught at Rush Medical College and the University of Chicago School of Medicine. From the description of Joseph Brennemann letters, 1939-1943....

Jones, Lawrence Martin, 1902-

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Carper, L

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Blumer, Herbert, 1900-1987

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Secretary of the American Sociological Society. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1933-1935. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 235045731 ...

The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology

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Allers, Rudolf, 1883-1963

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Rudolf Allers was born in Vienna in 1883, the son of a physician. He attended the Medical School at the University of Vienna and received his M.D. in 1906, a member of the last class taught by Sigmund Freud. From 1908 onwards, Allers specialized in psychiatry, working as an assistant in the clinics for mental diseases at the German University in Prague and then at Munich. In 1913, he became an instructor in psychiatry in the Medical School of the University of Munich, but his teaching activity w...

Brooklyn society for ethical culture

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McGee, Lemuel Clyde, 1902-

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Brentano's (Firm)

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Yale University Press

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Kaempffert, Waldemar, 1877-1956

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Waldemar Kaempffert was editor of Popular Science Monthly. From the description of Letters to J. B. Lippincott Company and Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1916-1917. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884714 ...

Fox, William J., 1897-

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Princeton University Press

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Swain, Robert E. (Robert Eckles), 1875-1961

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Professor of Chemistry at Stanford (1902-1941; emeritus 1941-1961), head of the Chemistry Department (1917-1941) and acting president of Stanford (1929-1933). Prof. Swain died in 1961. From the description of Robert E. Swain papers, 1916-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702129471 Biographical/Historical Sketch Professor of Chemistry at Stanford (1902-1941; emeritus 1941-1961), head of the Chemistry Department (1917-19...

Eaton, G. D. (Geoffrey Dell), 1894-1930

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Boston society of natural history

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Calvert, Philip Powell, 1871-

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Editor, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1911-1933. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20649345 ...

Mulligan, Margaret E

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Fairchild, Milton

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Herzfeld, Karl F. (Karl Ferdinand), 1892-

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Died 1978. From the description of Oral history interview with Karl F. Herzfeld, 1978 May 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77898623 From the description of Oral history interview with Karl F. Herzfeld, 1962 June 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78112200 Dr. Karl Ferdinand Herzfeld, 1892-1978, was a noted physicist, author, educator, and humanitarian. Born in Vienna, Austria, on February 24, 1892, he received his primary education from the Benedictines. He contin...

Stout, Arlow Burdette, 1876-1957

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Arlow Burdette Stout (1876-1957) research botanist and geneticist served as Director of Laboratories, Curator of Education and Curator of Laboratories at the New York Botanical Garden, 1911-1947. He was known for his experiments in plant genetics, especially relating to processes of self-sterility and seed reproduction in flowering plants. His research at NYBG led to important advances in the science and development of Hemerocallis, Persea, Vitis and Populus. Stout was the first to breed seedles...

Science Service

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Independent Woman

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Waverly Press

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Richmond, Hotel

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Detlefsen, John Adolph, 1883-

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Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947

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A.B., University of Toronto, 1891. Instructor in zoology, University of Michigan, 1894-1899. Professor of Biology, John P. Girard Chair of Natural History, Vassar College, 1899-1900. Head of the Department of Embryology, Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, 1893-1907; assistant director, 1900-1908; director, 1908-1926; president, 1925-1942. Assistant professor of zoology and embryology, University of Chicago, 1900-1902; associate professor, 1902-1907; professor, 1907-1947; chairman of the...

Moore, Barrington, 1883-

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Cowdry, E.V. (Edmund Vincent), 1888-1975

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Anatomist and Pathologist. Professor of Cytology, 1928-1941 and Professor of Anatomy 1941-1950 at Washington University, School of Medicine, Director of Research, Bernard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital 1939-1948. Director of Wernse Cancer Research Laboratory at Washington University, School of Medicine, 1950-1960. From the description of E. V. Cowdry papers, 1909-1975. 1909-1975. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 10650264 George Washington Corner worke...

Osborn, Byrle

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Maryland league for national defense

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Ward, C. H. (Charles Henshaw), 1872-1935

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Kirkwood, Robert Ogilvie

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Clark, Hubert Lyman, 1870-1947

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Wiggam, Albert Edward, 1871-1957

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National Academy of Sciences (U. S.)

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Weller, Charles Frederick, 1870-

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Osterud, Hjalmar Laurits, 1883-

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Cartwright, B. W. (Bertram William), b. 1890

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Free, Emons S

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Clark, Leonard B. (Leonard Bertrand), 1902-1986

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Krevin, L M

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Gauze, G. F. (Georgiĭ Frant︠s︡evich), 1910-1986

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Sanford, G B

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Bull, Nina, b. 1880

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Peebles, Florence, 1874-

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Funderburk, W H, jr.

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Banta, George, publishing co., Menasha, Wis.

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Shute, D. Kerfoot (Daniel Kerfoot), 1858-1935

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Bensinger, George C

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Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation

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New York University

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The Class Collection documents selected student and alumni activities of New York University graduating classes from 1843-1966. Formal and informal gatherings were common, and were documented in detail by the participants. From the description of Class collection, 1843-1966. 1880-1900 (bulk). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477254465 New York University (formerly, University of the City of New York), is an academic institution and, as such, its faculty produces ar...

Prior, W. F., company, inc.

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Kornhauser, S. I. (Sidney Isaac), 1887-1959

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Nin, Man-Chiang

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Hunt, Harrison Randall, 1889-

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Harwood, H H

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Jenkins, A H

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Cowdry, E.V. (Edmund Vincent), 1888-1975

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Brooks, Fowler D. (Fowler Dell), 1885-

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Belda, Walter Henry, 1903-

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Titus, Charles P

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Vaughan, B C jr

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McCarty, Coralie

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Cutler, D. Ward (Donald Ward)

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Eshleman, Cyrus H

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Burnet, Philip

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Hedley, J W

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McGraw, Myrtle B. (Myrtle Byram), 1899-

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Vaughan, Thomas Wayland, 1870-1952

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T. Wayland Vaughan was a geologist and oceanographer who worked with the United States Geological Survey and was an Associate in Marine Sediments (1924-1942), and Associate in Paleontology (1942-1952) at the United States National Museum. He was also director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1924-1936. His research focused on the study of corals and coral reefs, the investigation of larger foraminifera, and oceanography. These papers consist of Vaughan's professional correspondenc...

Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952

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Edwin Grant Conklin was an American biologist. In addition to his work in embryology, he also wrote on the subject of evolution, of which he was a strong proponent. He was a professor of zoology at University of Pennsylvania (1896-1908) and of biology at Princeton (1908-1933). From the description of Reminiscences, 1952 Nov. 19. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523431 Historian Edward Potts Cheyney taught at the University of Pennsylvania. ...

Wenrich, David Henry, 1885-1968

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Parasitologist and educator; faculty, Dept. of Zoology, U. of Pennsylvania, (1915-1955); student of Clarence Erwin McClung at U. of Kansas, (1911-1912). From the description of Papers, 1897-1946. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122365698 David Henry Wenrich, scientist, professor of zoology. Dr. Wenrich received his A.B., 1911 and A.M., 1912 from the University of Kansas. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1915. Dr. Wenrich joined ...

Vavilov, N. I. (Nikolaĭ Ivanovich), 1887-1943.

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Wagner Free Institute of Science

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Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935

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Paleontologist, professor of biology at Columbia University, President of Trustees 1908-1933, American Museum of Natural History vertebrate paleontologist. From the description of Henry Fairfield Osborn letter to W. Orton Tewson [manuscript], 1925 April 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 213468939 Henry Fairfield Osborn was a member of the Princeton class of 1877, one of the earliest graduates of the School of Science. He returned to Princeton in 1883 after gr...

Badger, Richard G.

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The Gorham Press, at this time located at 100 Charles St., Boston, published books at their authors' expense. The Gorham Press incorporated the business of Harold Vinal of New York in 1929. Badger was the proprietor of the Press. From the description of Richard G. Badger papers, 1917-1932 (inclusive), 1927-1929 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612196616 The Gorham Press, at this time located at 100 Charles St., Boston, published books at their authors' expen...

Sexson, Paul A.

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Abel, John-Jacob, 1857-1938

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Pharmacologist and professor at the University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins University. From the description of John Jacob Abel letter, May 24, 1937. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421592 ...

The general press cutting association, ltd.

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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 Archi...

Gill, John D.

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Smith, J Whitefield

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Pack, Charles Lathrop, 1857-1937

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Pack was an expert in forestry, conservation, war gardens and stamp collecting. He served as President of the National Conservation Congress, the National War Garden Commission and the American Forestry Association. He founded the American Tree Association. From the description of Charles Pack papers, 1871-1954 1910-1934. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 35000945 ...

Coker, R. E. (Robert Ervin), 1876-1967

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Robert Ervin Coker (1876-1967) was a zoologist and marine biologist, associated with the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1902 to 1923, professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, from 1923 to 1949, and author. From the description of R.E. Coker papers, 1748-1968. WorldCat record id: 25166313 From the guide to the R.E. Coker Papers, 1748-1966, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Neal, Herbert V. (Herbert Vincent), 1869-1940

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McCormick, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph), 1880-?

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Angell, Donald K

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Fraenkel, Gottfried S. (Gottfried Samuel), 1901-1984

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Professor of entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (earlier name: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)); d. 1984. From the description of Papers, 1925-1984. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28420290 ...

Jewett, Frank B. (Frank Baldwin), 1879-1949

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Grier, Norman MacDowell, 1890-

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The Science press

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Zuckerman, H G

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Chamberlain, W L

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The American year book

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Child, Charles Manning, 1869-1954

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Ritter, William Emerson, 1856-1944

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Professor of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley; member of the Harriman Alaska Expedition; director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at La Jolla. From the description of William E. Ritter papers, 1879-1944. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122403282 American zoologist; founder and first director of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego which became the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD. From the descrip...

Nash, Jay Bryan, 1886-1965

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American author, lecturer, and educator. From the description of Articles and speeches, 1954-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122550467 From the guide to the Jay Bryan Nash articles and speeches, 1954-1956, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Zoological Society of London

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Norton, W W

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Hollander, Jacob H. (Jacob Harry), 1871-1940

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Economist. From the description of Letter of Jacob Harry Hollander, 1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450975 Jacob Harry Hollander (1871-1940) was an economist active in social welfare and economic reform issues and a professor of economics at The Johns Hopkins University. He was a specialist in labor relations and the financial systems of Latin America. In 1900 he was named special commissioner to revise the laws on taxation in Puerto Rico, and President McKinley appoi...

Spencer, R. R. (Roscoe Roy), 1888-1982

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Physician; medical researcher. From the description of Reminiscences of Roscoe Spencer : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86100448 ...

Taylor, Charles Vincent, 1885-1946

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Collins, Hamer H

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Raphael, Theophile, 1891-

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Barnes, Elsie

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Domm, Lincoln Valentine, 1896-

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Aronson, Moses Judah

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Harrison, Ross G. (Ross Granville), 1870-1959

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Ross Granville Harrison was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on January 13, 1870. He graduated from Johns Hopkins (A.B., 1889; Ph.D., 1894) and the University of Bonn (M.D., 1899). He taught at Johns Hopkins (1896-1907) and at Yale University (1907-1959). Harrison conducted extensive scientific research in embryonic development and related fields, and produced several publications. At Yale, Harrison's administrative responsibilities included service as director of the Osborn Zoological Laborator...

The Parents' magazine

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Queen, Stuart Alfred, 1890-1987

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Stuart Queen was born in 1890, in Fredonia, Kansas. He entered Pomona College in 1906, majoring in Greek. In 1908, Queen transferred to University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where he developed his life-long interest in sociology. He then returned to Pomona to complete his undergraduate degree. Queen received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago in 1919. Queen was Professor of Social Economy and Director of the School of Social Work at Simmons College (1920-19...

Blakeslee, Albert Francis, 1874-1954

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Albert Francis Blakeslee was a geneticist and botanist and was director of Smith College Genetics Experiment Station (1943-1954). From the description of Papers, 1904-1954. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298036 American botanist educated at Wesleyan (A.B. 1896) and Harvard University (Ph.D. 1900). Instructor in Botany at Harvard 1906-1907; Professor of Botany at Connecticut Agricultural College, 1907-1914, Professor of Botany and Genetics, 1...

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.

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Herrick, C. Judson (Charles Judson), 1868-1960

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President of the Western States Mission, 1908-1919. From the guide to the MS 1299 John L. Herrick collection 1908-1961. (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) Head of pathology at the Army Medical Museum during World War I. From the description of Herrick memoirs, 1954 [microform]. (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Association Library). WorldCat record id: 70939014 ...

Banta, Arthur M. (Arthur Mangun), 1877-1946

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Chen, Tze-tuan, 1906-

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Griggs, Robert F. (Robert Fiske), 1881-

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Robert Griggs was born August 22, 1881 in Brooklyn, Connecticut. While attending Columbus (Ohio) North High School in 1898 he began his life as a naturalist by conducting a study of Ohio willows. Working as an assistant to Dr. A. W. Kellerman, Griggs was introduced to a number of the country’s top botanists. He attended Ohio State University for two years before moving to Washington, D.C. and accepting an invitation to join the US Department of Agriculture. During his time with the Dept. he made...

Rasbridge, W J

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Cross, Wilbur L. (Wilbur Lucius), 1862-1948

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Epithet: of the `Yale Review' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000284 Cross was Governor of Connecticut. From the description of Proclamation of Thanksgiving day for the state of Connecticut : DS, 1936. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26525875 Wilbur Lucius Cross was born in Gurleyville, Connecticut, on April 10, 1862. He received his B.A. from Yale in 1885...

Thayer, John B. (John Borland), 1894-1945

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Lynn, Ida M

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Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934

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Weatherby, Jesse Howell, 1903-

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Metz, Carl W., 1889-1975.

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Gutteridge, Mary Valentine, 1887-

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Gates, R. Ruggles (Reginald Ruggles), 1882-1962

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Born Middleton in Nova Scotia 1st May 1882. BSc at Mount Allison University 1899-1903. PhD, University of Chicago, 1908. Lecturer in Biology, St Thomas's Hospital, London, 1912-1914. Lecturer in Cytology, Bedford College, London, 1912 and on Heredity in Relation to Cytology, Oxford University, 1914. Instructor in aerial gunnery, Royal Flying Corps, 1917-1918. Reader in Botany, University of London King's College, 1919?-1921. Professor of Botany, University of London King's College, 1921-1942. Em...

The Survey

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Fletcher, Henry F. (Henry Frederick), 1871-1937

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Seafield, Ione M

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Cason, Hulsey, 1893-

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Sonneborn, T. M. (Tracy Morton), 1905-1981

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Early geneticist whose early work with paramecium was critical to the discovery of genetic recombination. Sonneborn taught and conducted most of his important work at Indiana University, 1939-1981. In 1959 the National Academy of Science presented the Kimber Award for Genetics to Sonneborn. From the description of Sonneborn laboratory abstracts and papers, ca. 1931-1979. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 62198002 From the description of Sonneborn reprint collection, ...

Plain talk

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Goodrich, Edwin S. (Edwin Stephen), 1868-1946

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Epithet: zoologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x000297 ...

Weill, Blanche C. (Blanche California), 1883-

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Osterud, Hjalmar Laurits, b. 1883.

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Baker, Horace Greeley, 1873-

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Henry Holt and Company

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Metcalf, Maynard M. (Maynard Mayo), 1868-1940

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Weir, John Robert, 1912-

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The philosophical review

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Korzybski, Alfred, 1879-1950

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Korzybski was born in Poland and later emigrated to the United States. He was the founder of the theory of general semantics, the study of the relations between language, thought, and behavior. From the description of Essays, 1923 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612750797 Polish-American philosopher and scientist. Alfred Habdank Korzybski is widely known for his system of "general semantics." From the description of...

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. From the description of Leon Fradley Whitney papers, 1931, 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702131625 Leon Fradley Whitney was a biologist and promoted sterilization in eugenics. From the description of Autobiography, [n.d.]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122409239 From the guide to the Leon ...