Scientific co-operation : the American Association for the Advancement of Science and its fifth New York City meeting / H.L. Fulmer, OAC Review, v.41, no.6, Feb. 1929, p.197-200, con't on p.xxii, xxiv. 1929.

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Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873

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Swiss-American zoologist and geologist. Professor of zoology and geology at Harvard University. Louis Agassiz was born in Môtier-en-Vuly, Switzerland. He studied at the universities of Zürich, Erlangen (Ph.D., 1829), Heidelberg, and Munich (M.D., 1830). Agassiz studied medicine briefly but turned to zoology, with a special interest in fishes and fossils, while studying under the French naturalist Cuvier. In 1832 he became professor of natural history at the University of Neuchâtel, Sw...

Turner, Henry Ashby

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Henry Ashby Turner, Jr. (1932-2008) received his B.A. degree from Washington and Lee University in 1954, and his M.A. (1957) and Ph.D. (1960) from Princeton. He has held the following positions at Yale University: instructor in history, 1958-1961; assistant professor, 1962-1964; associate professor, 1964-1970; professor, 1971-1989; Charles Seymour Professor of History, 1990-1991; and Bass Professor of History, 1991-. Turner was master of Davenport College from 1981-1991. He was a noted scholar o...

Dana, James, 1735-1812

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American clergyman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Ct., to his son [Samuel Whittelsey Dana], 1808 Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870619 ...

Millikan, R.A.

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Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891

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Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important scientific reformer during the early nineteenth century. From his position as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and through leadership roles in the scientific institutions of the time, Bache helped bring American science into alignment with the professional nature of its European counterpart. In addition, Bache fostered the reform of public education in America. On July 19, 1806 Alexander Dallas Bache wa...

Gray, Asa

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Epithet: botanist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000310 Epithet: M D British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x0003dd ...

Osborne, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935

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Fulmer, H.L.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Edmund W. Sinnott was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the time of this correspondence. Walter G. Berl was an editor for the Association. From the description of Letters, 1948-1971, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155878457 ...

Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927

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Chemist, co-discoverer of saccharin. From the description of Letters to Sylvester Baxter and S.S. McClure, 1887-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50903196 Ira Remsen was a chemist and professor of chemistry at The Johns Hopkins University. He was born in New York City, Feb. 10, 1846. In accordance with his father's wishes, Remsen studied medicine, receiving the M.D. in 1867. In 1868 he abandoned medical practice to devote himself to...

Prescott, A. B. (Albert Benjamin), 1832-1905

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Professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan. From the description of A.B. Prescott papers, 1865-1877 (scattered dates). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418885 ...

Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.

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Liberty Hyde Bailey was instrumental in separating Horticulture from Botany and establishing it as a distinct scientific pursuit. Born on a farm in Michigan in 1858, Liberty Hyde Bailey graduated from the Michigan Agricultural College with a degree in botany. After working with the renowned botanist Asa Gray at Harvard, he returned to Michigan to teach horticulture and landscape gardening. In 1888, he came to Cornell to build a new curriculum in practical and experimental horticulture. In 1904, ...

McMurrich, J. Playfair (James Playfair), 1859-1939

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Dr. James P. McMurrich was a noted Canadian scholar who received graduate degrees from the University of Toronto (MA, 1881) and from John's Hopkins University (Ph.D., 1885). He held several university positions before he accepted a position as Professor of Anatomy at the University of Toronto. His scholarly contributions include a manual of human embryology entitled "Development of the Human Body," which was in worldwide use during his time. As an educator, Dr. McMurrich believed that anatomy wa...

Kamm, Oliver

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Chamberlain, T.C.

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Le Conte, J.L.

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Noyes, A.A.

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