Papers, 1946, 1974-1979.

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Papers, 1946, 1974-1979.

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This collection includes documents (correspondence, drafts of talks, personal data sheets) relating to the Conference on Evolutionary Synthesis, which met in Boston in May and October 1974, and was sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. There is background material on the organization of the conference, as well as correspondence, especially with William B. Provine, on the editing and publication of the proceedings (Mayr and Provine, eds., "The Evolutionary Synthesis ..." 1980).

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences was chartered by the legislature of Massachusetts in 1780 and is the second oldest learned society in the U.S. Among its incorporators were James Bowdoin, John Adams, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock. From the description of Records of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1775-1800 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122413111 ...

Lerner, I. Michael (Isadore Michael), 1910-

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Isadore Michael Lerner was a geneticist. From the description of Papers, ca. 1930s-1970s. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540762 Isadore Michael Lerner was a geneticist. Lerner's parentage made Russian his native language, but his command of English was superb. He spoke with little or no accent, his knowledge of idioms was excellent, and his written style, like that of another compatriot, Theodosius Dobzhansky, was ma...

Rensch, Bernhard, 1900-1990

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Dobzhansky, Theodosius, 1900-1975

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Geneticist. From the description of Reminiscences of Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309737375 Theodosius Dobzhansky was a geneticist and a principal spokesman for Neo-Darwinism. He wrote "Genetics and the Origin of Species" (1937) and is considered one of the most influential biologists of our time. From the description of Papers, ca. 1917-1975. (American Philosophical So...

Metz, Charles William, 1889-1975

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard (George Ledyard), 1906-2000

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Ph. D., Harvard University; Professor of Genetics, University of California, Davis (1950-1973); Member, National Academy of Sciences; author of Darwin to DNA : molecules to humanity (1982) and the Human organism and the world of life (1983). From the description of Papers, 1949-1994. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 30106996 ...

Ford, E.B. (Edmund Brisco), 1901-1988

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Provine, William B.

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Reprints collected by William B. Provine, Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. From the description of William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 19th and 20th century. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 659307652 ...

Darlington, C. D. (Cyril Dean), 1903-1981

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Timofeev-Resovskiĭ, N. V. (Nikolaĭ Vladimirovich), 1900-1981.

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Cleland, Ralph E. (Ralph Erskine), 1892-1971.

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Albert Francis Blakeslee, a geneticist and botanist, served as the director of Smith College Genetics Experiment Station from 1943-1954. Albert Blakeslee's boyhood was spent in East Greenwich, Connecticut, where he early exhibited a strong liking for natural history. This leaning was not encouraged by his pragmatic father, who wanted the boy's education to plan for a financially independent career; but his mother was more sympathetic. After the two years of teaching at M...

Lewontin, Richard C., 1929-

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Richard C. Lewontin is a population biologist. From the description of Papers, ca. 1963-1980. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122578683 From the guide to the Richard C. Lewontin papers, ca. 1963-1980, Circa 1963-1980, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Society for the study of evolution

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During the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held in St. Louis in March 1946, 57 members of the Society for the Study of Speciation and the Committee on Common Problems of Genetics, Paleontology and Systematics of the National Research Council gathered in a session chaired by Alfred Emerson to discuss forming an organization devoted to the "dynamics of evolution." Founded as a permanent, independent body, the Society for the Study of Evolution...

Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975

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English biologist. From the description of Typed letter signed : London, to Mr. Heineman, 1928 Feb. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555836 British biologist, philosopher, and popularizer of science; b. Julian Sorell Huxley. From the description of Papers, 1899-1980. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 86118827 From the description of Julian Sorell Huxley papers, 1899-1980. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 28418189 Jul...

Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005

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Correspondence to Lewis and Sophia Mumford from Ernst Mayr and his wife, Gretel Mayr. From the description of Letters, 1965-1979 : to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155872482 Ernst Mayr is a zoologist. From the description of Papers, 1946, 1974-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173465832 From the guide to the Ernst Mayr papers, 1946, 1974-1979, Bulk, 1974-1979, 1946-1979, (American Philosophical Soc...

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...

Conference on Evolutionary Synthesis (1974 : Boston, Mass.)

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Sinnott, Edmund W. (Edmund Ware), 1888-1958

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Botanist and historian; taught botany at University of Connecticut, Barnard, and Yale. From the description of Edmund Ware Sinnott papers, 1923-1981. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 319705878 Edmund Ware Sinnott received an A.B. degree from Harvard in 1908, an A.M. in 1910, and a Ph.D. in 1913. He was on the faculty of Harvard University from 1908 to 1915. Sinnott was a professor of botany at the Connecticut Agricultural College from 1915 t...

Boesiger, Ernest

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Weinstein, Alexander, 1891-1947.

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