LC control no. | n 87818742 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan), 1869-1943 |
Variant(s) | Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan), b. 1869 |
Associated country | United States |
Associated place | New York (N.Y.) |
Birth date | 1869-01-18 |
Death date | 1943-01-04 |
Place of birth | Valparaiso (Ind.) |
Place of death | Scarsdale (N.Y.) |
Field of activity | Protozoology |
Affiliation | Columbia University |
Profession or occupation | Zoologists |
Found in | LCCN 17-25304: His Biology, c1917 (hdg.: Calkins, Gary Nathan, 1869- ; usage: Gary N. Calkins) Complete dictionary of scientific biography online, March 18, 2019 (Calkins, Gary Nathan; b. Valparaiso, Indiana, 18 January 1869; d. Scarsdale, New York, 4 January, 1943; In 1893 he began graduate work at Columbia University, from which he received the Ph.D. in 1897. While a student there, he started teaching in 1894, as tutor in biology. He rose rapidly through the ranks to a professorship of zoology in 1904. Two years later his title was changed to professor of protozoology. He remained at Columbia for the rest of his life, retiring as professor emeritus in 1939) |
Associated language | eng |