Department of Biology records, 1910-1969.

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Department of Biology records, 1910-1969.

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Consists of the records of the Department of Biology assembled during the tenures of Department Chairmen Edwin G. Conklin and Elmer Butler. Included are correspondence, general subject files, and records pertaining to grants, research endowments, publications, and administrative matters such as budgets and staffing.

6.0 linear ft. (6 boxes)

Princeton University Library

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Princeton University. Dept. of Biology.

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Biology was taught intermittently at Princeton since 1830, however it was not until the formation of the School of Science in 1870 that the subject was consistently included as part of the curriculum. In 1904, University President Woodrow Wilson formed the Department of Biology, appointing Edwin Grant Conklin as the first full-time chair of the department four years later. With the completion of Guyot Hall in 1910, the Department of Biology was given an official home, which it soon outgrew after...

Princeton University. Dept. of Biology Faculty.

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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. ...