| LC control no. | n 50042207 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bonner, James, 1910-1996 |
| Variant(s) | Bonner, James Frederick, 1910- |
| Birth date | 1910-09-01 |
| Death date | 1996-09-13 |
| Place of birth | Ansley (Neb.) |
| Place of death | Pasadena (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | California Institute of Technology |
| Profession or occupation | College teachers Molecular biologists |
| Found in | Plant biochemistry, 1950: title page (James Bonner, Kerckhoff Laboratories of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California) LC data base, 6-13-89 (hdg.: Bonner, James Frederick, 1910- ; usage: James Bonner) The molecular biology of development 1965: title page (James Bonner, California Institute of Technology) The nucleohistones, 1964: title page (James Bonner) page v (Bonner, James; Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology) Wikipedia, September 23, 2014 (James F. Bonner; James Frederick Bonner; born September 1, 1910 in Ansley, Nebraska; died September 13, 1996; American molecular biologist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, notable for discoveries in plant biochemistry; he graduated from the University of Utah in 1931 with B.A. degree in chemistry and mathematics; he received Ph. D. in biology at Caltech in 1934; he was professor and then professor emeritus of biology at the California Institute of Technology; where he spent his entire academic career; he joined the faculty in 1936; Bonner invented a better way to collect natural rubber from trees; as a result of his invention Malaysia nearly double its production of natural rubber; Bonner was also instrumental in the invention of a method of mechanical harvesting of oranges) Los Angeles Times, via WWW, September 23, 2014 (September 21, 1996 edition; James F. Bonner; Improved Citrus Harvesting Methods; James F. Bonner, 86, a Caltech molecular biologist who improved methods of harvesting oranges and other citrus crops; Bonner was co-inventor of the mechanical method now used by most Florida citrus growers to harvest orange groves; he also found ways to improve the collection of natural rubber and was an international advocate of population control; Bonner, a former president of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, was also co-author of a number of textbooks, including "Principles of Plant Physiology" in 1952 and "The Molecular Biology of Development" in 1965; he died September 13, 1996 in Pasadena) |
| Associated language | eng |
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