Collection on the Kammerer/Noble midwife toad scandal, 1903-1990 (bulk 1923-1975).

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Collection on the Kammerer/Noble midwife toad scandal, 1903-1990 (bulk 1923-1975).

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The collection consists of 9 folders of material (photocopies, clippings and reprints of articles; handwritten and typewritten letters and notes; and photographs) collected by Aronson in preparing his 1975 review of Arthur Koestler's 1971 book, The case of the midwife toad, about a 1926 scientific dispute between G.K. Noble and Paul Kammerer. The collection includes the typescript of Aronson's article, The case of The case of the midwife toad, which appeared in Behavior genetics vol. 5, no. 2, and material originally collected by Noble, for whom Aronson worked when he first came to the Museum.

2 boxes (.75 linear ft.)

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American Museum of Natural History

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Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x0001d3 ...

Bateson, William, 1861-1926

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William Bateson was a British biologist and geneticist. From the description of Papers, ca. 1875-1924. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122347511 From the description of Letters, 1902-1921. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122464674 From the guide to the William Bateson papers, ca. 1875-1924, Circa 1875-1924, (American Philosophical Society) William Bateson (1861-1926), biologist, was the son of Will...

Aronson, Lester R. (Lester Ralph), 1911-1996

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Lester R. Aronson was a biologist and animal behaviorist at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) from 1938 to 1977; curator, 1949- and chairman 1958-1977, Dept. of Animal Behavior; chairman emeritus 1977- ; he died in 1996. Paul Kammerer was a biologist at the Vienna Biologisches Versuchsanstalt (Institute for Experimental Biology). He committed suicide following accusations of falsifying experimental evidence. Gladwyn Kingsley Noble was ...

Przibram, Hans, 1874-1944

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Kammerer, Paul, 1880-1926

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Paul Kammerer was an Austrian geneticist. He studied adaptation and hereditary characteristics of amphibians. In 1909, he determined the genetic structure of the toad. From the description of Papers, 1910-1972. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298049 The Austrian biologist Paul Kammerer was an outspoken proponent of the theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics (Lamarckism) during the time in which Mendelian theory was bec...

Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940

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Herpetologist, Chairman of the Dept. of Herpetology and the Dept. of Experimental Biology, American Museum of Natural History. Noble was instrumental in developing the modern science of animal behavior. From the description of Papers, 1919-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155510694 ...