George Alfred Baitsell
| George Alfred Baitsell | |
|---|---|
 Officers and senior officials of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1947. Left to right, standing: Sinnott, Baitsell, Payne, Lark-Horovitz, Miles, Stakman, sitting: Carlson, Mather, Moulton, Shapley. | |
| Born |
1885 Iowa |
| Died |
September 24, 1971 Winter Park, Florida |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | Yale University |
| Education | B.S. Central University of Iowa 1908, M.A. Yale University 1909[1] |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Thesis | Experiments on the reproduction of the Hypotrichous Infusoria[1] (1914) |
| Spouse | Dorothy Morton Horning (1885-1967) |
| Children | John Morton, a daughter of unknown name |
George Alfred Baitsell (born 1885 in Iowa, died 24 Sep 1971 in Winter Park, Florida)[2] was an American biologist. He was Professor of biology at the Yale University. He was an official of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and published several science books.
Publications
- The evolution of man, New Haven, Yale university press, 1922
- Manual of animal biology, New York, Macmillan, 1932
- Science in progress, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1949 (editor)
- The Centennial of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University Press, 1950 (editor)
Family
George Alfred Baitsell was the first son of John Albert Baitsell (1847-1929) and Amanda Clammer (1859-1936); he had a sister, Bessie (died in 1887 three weaks after her birth), and two brothers, John Merrill (1889-1905), and Carl Merrill (born 1891).[3] He and his wife Dorothy Morton Horning (1885-1967) had a son, John Morton, and a daughter.[2]
External links
- Baitsell, George Alfred at WorldCat
- Baitsell, George Alfred at HathiTrust
- Baitsell, George Alfred at Smithsonian Institution
- Portraits at hpsrepository.asu.edu: 1925, undated
References
- 1 2 Doctors of philosophy of Yale University, with the titles of their dissertations, 1861-1915, p.121 (=p.127 in the pdf file)
- 1 2 George Alfred Baitsell at ancestry.com.au
- ↑ John Albert Baitsell at ancestry.com.au
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