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Biographical memoirs. Volume 47.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Academy of Sciences (U.S.).
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scientists--United States.
- Scientists.
- Science--United States--Biography.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (559 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1975.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Biographic Memoirs Volume 47 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works. Each biographical essay was written by a member of the Academy familiar with the professional career of the deceased. For historical and bibliographical purposes, these volumes are worth returning to time and again.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Biographical Memoirs
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Paul Rufus Burkholder
- HIS INTELLECTUAL BASE
- COLLEGE DAYS
- GRADUATE SCHOOL
- THE DEPRESSION
- TO CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
- BACK TO AQUATIC BIOLOGY
- A YALE MAN
- CHLORAMPHENICOL DISCOVERED
- A PALACE REVOLUTION
- GEORGIA BECKONS
- BACK TO COLUMBIA
- AN OVERVIEW
- Bibliography
- Arthur Louis Day
- William Draper Harkins
- Vladimir Nikolaevich Ipatieff
- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
- Awards and Medals
- Honorary Degrees
- Honorary Memberships
- UNITED STATES PATENTS
- Herbert Spencer Jennings
- CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH (1868-1886)
- BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY (1886-1890)
- LEHRJAHRE (1890-1897):
- DESCENT AND RISE (1897-1907): MONTANA, DARTMOUTH, MICHIGAN, NAPLES, PENNSYLVANIA, JOHNS HOPKINS
- AT THE, SUMMIT: JOHNS HOPKINS (1906-1938)
- THE FINAL YEARS (1937-1917)
- Academic Career
- Visiting Lectureships and Professorships
- Awards
- Memberships
- Corresponding Memberships
- Honorary Fellow
- Editorial Boards
- Professional Societies and Offices
- Miscellaneous
- SOURCE MATERIALS
- Biographies, Obituaries, and other Published Articles on Jennings
- Alfred Harrison Joy
- Edward C. Kendall
- HONORS AND AWARDS
- Honorary Degrees (Doctor of Science)
- Member
- Honorary Member
- Eugene Lindsay Opie
- John Rodman Paul
- William Thomas Pecora
- Jack Schultz
- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES
- Stanley Smith Stevens
- ADMINISTRATOR
- TEACHER
- PHILOSOPHER
- SCIENTIST
- John Torrence Tate
- EARLY LIFE
- UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
- THE NEBRASKA AND EARLY MINNESOTA YEARS, 1914-1917.
- WORLD WAR I AND RESEARCH AT THE BUREAU OF STANDARDS, 1917-1918
- TEACHING AND RESEARCH AT MINNESOTA, 1919-1940
- TATE'S CAREER AS EDITOR
- TATE'S BRIEF ROLE AS DEAN
- THE WAR PERIOD, 1941-1945
- RETURN TO MINNESOTA
- TATE'S PERSONALITY
- HONORS OF VARIED NATURE
- FAMILY LIFE
- FINALE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Melville Lawrence Wolfrom
- Acknowledgments for the Photographs.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610246342
- 9781280246340
- 1280246340
- 9780309598927
- 0309598923
- 9780585272658
- 0585272654
- OCLC:
- 70772907
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