Edwin Conklin
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| Born | November 24, 1863 Waldo, Ohio, US |
| Died | November 20, 1952 (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | Ohio Wesleyan University Johns Hopkins University |
| Awards | John J. Carty Award (1943) |
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| Fields | Biology, zoology |
| Institutions | Ohio Wesleyan UniversityNorthwestern University Princeton University |
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Edwin Grant Conklin (November 24, 1863 – November 20, 1952) was an American biologist and zoologist.
Life
[edit]He was born in Waldo, Ohio, the son of A. V. Conklin and Maria Hull.[1]
He was educated at Ohio Wesleyan University and Johns Hopkins University.[2][3] He was professor of biology at Ohio Wesleyan (1891–94) and professor of zoology at Northwestern University (1894–96), the University of Pennsylvania (1896-1908), and Princeton University (1908-1935). He became coeditor of the Journal of Morphology, The Biological Bulletin, and the Journal of Experimental Zoology. In 1897, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.[4] He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1908.[5] He was president of the American Society of Naturalists in 1912, became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1914,[6] and was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1936. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1914.[7] He also served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as Society for Science and the Public, from 1937 to 1952.[citation needed] In 1943, Conklin was awarded the John J. Carty Award from the National Academy of Sciences.[8]
In 1995, the Society for Developmental Biology inaugurated the Edwin Grant Conklin Medal in his honor.[2]
Family
[edit]He married Belle Adkinson in 1889.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b C D Waterston; A Macmillan Shearer (July 2006). Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J) (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Edwin Grant Conklin Medal". Society for Developmental Biology. Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ "CONKLIN, Edwin Grant". The International Who's Who in the World. 1912. p. 304.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "Edwin G. Conklin". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "Edwin Grant Conklin". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter C" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ^ "John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
Further reading
[edit]- Conklin, Edwin (1953). Autobiographical essay in Finkelstein, Louis (1953). Thirteen Americans: Their Spiritual Autobiographies. New York: Institute for Religious and Social Studies. pp. 47–76.
- Gehring, Walter J (Jun 2004). "Precis of Edwin G. Conklin's JEZ article, "Mosaic Development in Ascidian Eggs"". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology. 301 (6): 461–3. Bibcode:2004JEZ...301..461G. doi:10.1002/jez.a.87. ISSN 1548-8969. PMID 15181639.
- Cooke, Kathy J (2002). "Duty or dream? Edwin G. Conklin's critique of eugenics and support for American individualism". Journal of the History of Biology. 35 (2): 365–84. doi:10.1023/A:1016077829496. ISSN 0022-5010. PMID 12269346. S2CID 30955041.
- Reumann, M; Fausto-Sterling A (2001). "Notions of heredity in the correspondence of Edwin Grant Conklin". Perspect. Biol. Med. 44 (3): 414–25. doi:10.1353/pbm.2001.0058. ISSN 0031-5982. PMID 11482010. S2CID 19243750.
- Atkinson, J W (1985). "E. G. Conklin on evolution: the popular writings of an embryologist". Journal of the History of Biology. 18 (1): 31–50. doi:10.1007/BF00127956. ISSN 0022-5010. PMID 11611748. S2CID 19159164.
- Fankhauser, G (1972). "Memories of great embryologists. Reminiscences of F. Baltzer, H. Spemann, F. R. Lillie, R. G. Harrison, and E. G. Conklin". Am. Sci. 60 (1): 46–55. ISSN 0003-0996. PMID 4550376.
- KRUMBHAAR, E B (Feb 1954). "Memoir of Edwin Grant Conklin (1863-1952)". Transactions & Studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. 21 (3): 131. ISSN 0010-1087. PMID 13136421.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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External links
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- Duty or Dream? Edwin G. Conklin's Critique of Eugenics and Support for American Individualism
- National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
- Edwin Grant Conklin Papers from the Princeton University Library
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