Edwin Conklin Explained

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. 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. 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

He married Belle Adkinson (d.1940) in 1889.^[1]

Further reading

• Conklin, Edwin (1953). Autobiographical essay in Book: Finkelstein. Louis. Thirteen Americans: Their Spiritual Autobiographies . 1953. Institute for Religious and Social Studies. New York. 47–76.
• Gehring. Walter J. Jun 2004. Precis of Edwin G. Conklin's JEZ article, "Mosaic Development in Ascidian Eggs". . 301. 6. 461–3. 1548-8969. 15181639. 10.1002/jez.a.87.
• 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. 0022-5010. 12269346. 10.1023/A:1016077829496. 30955041.
• Reumann. M. Fausto-Sterling A. 2001. Notions of heredity in the correspondence of Edwin Grant Conklin. Perspect. Biol. Med.. 44. 3. 414–25. 0031-5982. 11482010. 10.1353/pbm.2001.0058. 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. 0022-5010. 11611748. 10.1007/BF00127956. 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. 0003-0996. 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. 0010-1087. 13136421.

Conklin, Edwin Grant(1921). Some biological aspects of immigration |journal = Scribner's Magazine|volume=49|issue=3|pages=352–359

External links

• 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J) . C D Waterston . A Macmillan Shearer . . 090219884X . July 2006 . 18 September 2015 . 24 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf . dead.
2. Web site: Edwin Grant Conklin Medal . . 2008-01-22 . 2012-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120414092201/http://www.sdbonline.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=8 . dead .
3. CONKLIN, Edwin Grant. The International Who's Who in the World. 1912. 304.
4. Web site: APS Member History . 2024-02-28 . search.amphilsoc.org.
5. Web site: Edwin G. Conklin . 2024-02-28 . www.nasonline.org.
6. Web site: 2023-02-09 . Edwin Grant Conklin . 2024-02-28 . American Academy of Arts & Sciences . en.
7. Web site: Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter C. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10 April 2011.
8. Web site: John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science . National Academy of Sciences . 25 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101229180532/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_carty . 29 December 2010 .