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Sterling Howard Emerson
View on WikipediaSterling Howard Emerson was an American geneticist.[2] Emerson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1951.[3]
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Life
[edit]Sterling Howard Emerson was born on October 29, 1900[4] in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Rollins Adams Emerson and Harriet Hardin.[5][6] Emerson was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1922, and admitted as a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Michigan in 1928.[6] Emerson was the professor of genetics at the California Institute of Technology from 1928 to 1971.[2] Emerson died on May 2, 1988, in Altadena, California.[6]
Sterling Howard Emerson married Mary Foote Randall (daughter of physicist Harrison M. Randall and Ida May Muma) on 29 May 1924 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[5][7] Their children were Ann K Emerson (married geneticist John Fincham) and S Jonathan Emerson.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ International Plant Names Index. S.Emers.
- ^ a b "The Caltech Archives - Emerson, Sterling Howard (Geneticist)". California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Guggenheim Fellowship - Sterling Emerson - Fellow: Awarded 1951". Guggenheim Fellowship. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "National Academy of Sciences - member directory - Sterling Emerson". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ a b Sterling H Emerson. Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952. Accessed via ancestry.com paid subscription site on 20 October 2023.
- ^ a b c John R. S. Fincham (1994). Biographical Memoirs: Volume 63 (1994) - Chapter: 5. Sterling Howard Emerson. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. doi:10.17226/4560. ISBN 978-0-309-04976-4. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ a b Sterling Emerson. 1940 United States Federal Census. Accessed via ancestry.com paid subscription site on 20 October 2023.
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