Edwin Conklin
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| Born | Edwin Grant Conklin November 24, 1863 Waldo Ohio |
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| Nationality | U.S. |
| Fields | biologist zoologist |
| Institutions | Ohio Wesleyan UniversityNorthwestern University Princeton University |
| Alma mater | Ohio Wesleyan University Johns Hopkins University |
| Notable awards | John J. Carty Award (1943) |
Edwin Grant Conklin (November 24, 1863 – November 20, 1952) was an American biologist and zoologist.
Life
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. He was president of the American Society of Naturalists in 1912 and 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.[4] He also served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as Society for Science and the Public, from 1937-1952. In 1943 Conklin was awarded the John J. Carty Award from the National Academy of Sciences.[5]
In 1995 the Society for Developmental Biology inaugurated the Edwin Grant Conklin Medal in his honor.[2]
Family
He married Belle Adkinson (d.1940) in 1889.[6]
References
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Further reading
- Conklin, Edwin (1953). Autobiographical essay in Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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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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