John Spangler Nicholas papers, 1914-1963 (inclusive).

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John Spangler Nicholas papers, 1914-1963 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, photographs, and research files (1914-1963) documenting the professional career and personal life of John Spangler Nicholas, a biologist and zoologist. His academic work, editorial contributions to the Journal of Experimental Zoology, and scientific research are detailed. Correspondents include: Ross Granville Harrison, Charles Rupert Stockard, and the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.

13 linear ft. (33 boxes, 1 folio)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022386

Yale University Library

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Nicholas, John Spangler

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John S. Nicholas was born on March 10, 1893 or 1895 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. (1916) and M.S. (1917) from Pennsylvania College, and his Ph.D. from Yale University (1921). Nicholas held several academic positions at Yale University, including Bronson Professor of Comparative Anatomy (1935-1939), Sterling Professor of Biology (1939-1962), and Chairman of the Department of Zoology (1946-1956). He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Experimental Zoology (1946...

Greenman, Milton Jay, 1866-1937

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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...

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. ...

Yale University.

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Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore.

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Wistar institute of anatomy and biology

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Wilson, Edmund B. (Edmund Beecher), 1856-1939

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Edmund B. Wilson was a biologist and zoologist. From the description of Notebooks, 1875-1928. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122488789 Edmund B. Wilson was a biologist and zoologist. Wilson was "among the most important and prolific biologists in the last part of the nineteenth and first part of the twentieth centuries" (Garland Allen). His scientific career may be divided into three major portions. In the first part, 1...

Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945

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Thomas Hunt Morgan was a geneticist and embryologist. He was Professor of Experimental Biology at Columbia University (1904-1928) and Professor of Zoology at California Institute of Technology (1928-1945). From the description of Papers, ca. 1919-1947. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86165435 Thomas Hunt Morgan received his Ph. D. from the Johns Hopkins University in 1890 where he studied morphology with W.K. Brooks, and physiology ...

War Manpower Commission

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Stockard, Charles R. (Charles Rupert), 1879-1939

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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) ...

Yale University Dept. of Zoology.

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National Research Council (U.S.)

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of further knowledge and advising the federal government. The Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. From the descriptio...