Stanford University, Science Association, records 1894-1936

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Stanford University, Science Association, records 1894-1936

Bound volume of Stanford University Science Association (1894-1936) contains constitution of the Association, lists of members, minutes of meetings of the Association, and financial reports. The minutes often include abstracts of the presentations given; professors represented in the abstracts include James Perrin Smith (p. 42), Fernando Sanford (pp. 43 and 114), William Russell Dudley (pp. 47, 62, and 97), Frank Angell (pp. 54-55), Charles H. Gilbert (pp. 59-60), Carl R. Noller (pp. 264-65), C. B. van Niel (p. 271), and Ira L. Wiggins (p. 272). There is also an appreciation by Frank Mace McFarland of the career of Dr. Nettie M. Stevens (pp. 188-189).

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Stanford University. Science Association.

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The Science Association was a faculty organization formed in 1894 for the presentation and discussion of subjects in the physical and biological sciences. From the description of Stanford University, Science Association, records, 1894-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866834 Biographical/Historical Sketch The Science Association was a faculty organization formed in 1894 for the presentation and discussion of subject...

Dudley, William Russell.

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Sanford, Fernando

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Sanford taught physics at Stanford University from its inception in 1891 until his retirement in 1919. He earned his B.S. at Carthage College in 1879; after several years of teaching in Illinois, he went to Germany to study with physicist Von Helmholtz. He was professor at Lake Forest University prior to his arrival at Stanford. From the description of Fernando Sanford papers, 1885-1967 (inclusive), 1885-1939 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863317 ...

Stanford university

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

Wiggins, Ira L. (Ira Loren), 1899-1987

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Ira Loren Wiggins (1899-1987) was born on January 1, 1899, in Madison, Wisconsin. He attended Occidental College of Los Angeles with the intent of becoming a Presbyterian minister, but his interests changed to botanical research. He received his bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1922 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. That following year he worked at a farm in Shasta County and gained high school teaching credentials. He taught high school for a year, leaving to study towards a master's degree ...

Noller, Carl R. (Carl Robert), 1900-

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Gilbert, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1859-1928

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Professor of zoology at Stanford University (1891-1925; emeritus 1926-1928). From the description of Charles Henry Gilbert papers, 1880-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510683 Charles Henry Gilbert (1859-1928) was a pioneer ichthyologist whose career at Stanford University spanned nearly 37 years. He concentrated on Pacific fishes, mostly marine, and participated in numerous expeditions aboard the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross." These cruises included three...

Angell, Frank, 1857-1939

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American psychologist; special representative, Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1915-1916. From the description of Frank Angell papers, 1901-1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871676 Biographical/Historical Note American psychologist; special representative, Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1915-1916. From the guide to the Frank Angell papers, 1901-1918, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Smith, James Perrin, 1864-1931

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James Perrin Smith was a professor of paleontology at Stanford from 1892-1931. From the description of James Perrin Smith letters to Dr. U. S. Grant, 1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864200 James Perrin Smith was born near Cokesburg, South Carolina on November 27, 1864. In 1890 he went to Gittingen, Germany, to study under Professor von Koenen and Professor Liebisch where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1892. After returning to the United States he accepted an invitat...

Niel, C. B. (Cornelis Bernardus) van, 1897-1985

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Biography In 1929, Dr. C. B. van Niel (1897-1985) started his career as an associate professor at the Jacques Loeb Laboratory, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University. He was appointed Herzstein Professor of Microbiology in 1946. Dr. van Niel received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Technical University, Delft, in 1923; in 1928 he was conferred a doctoral degree from the same University. His research, after ...

Stevens, Nettie Maria

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