| LC control no. | n 97031062 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Banta, Arthur M. (Arthur Mangun), 1877-1946 |
| Birth date | 1877-12-31 |
| Death date | 1946-01-02 |
| Place of birth | Greenwood (Johnson County, Ind.) |
| Field of activity | Cave animals Biospeleology |
| Affiliation | Indiana University Marietta College Carnegie Institution of Washington. Station for Experimental Evolution at Cold Spring Harbor, New York Brown University |
| Profession or occupation | Zoologists College teachers |
| Found in | Library of Congress Manuscript Division for McAtee, W.L. Papers, 1847-1963 (Banta, Arthur Mangun; correspondent) LC manual files, Mar. 24, 1997 (hdg.: Banta, Arthur Mangun, 1877-;usage: Banta, Arthur M.) RLIN files, Mar. 24, 1997 (Banta, Arthur M., 1877-1946) Wikipedia, March 3, 2020 (Arthur M. Banta; Arthur Mangun Banta (1877-1946) was an American zoologist and professor known for his studies on cave animals; his 1907 publication The Fauna of Mayfield's Cave, a survey of the fauna of an Indiana cave, has become a classic account in the annals of cave biology in the United States; Banta was born in Greenwood, Indiana, on December 31, 1877; he earned a bachelor of science degree from Central Normal College in Danville, Indiana, in 1898, after which he was high school principal in Needham until 1901; he then enrolled in the University of Indiana, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1903 and a master of arts degree in 1904; he then entered Harvard University, receiving a Ph. D. in 1907, and was professor of biology at Marietta College from 1907 to 1909; from 1909 to 1930, he was investigator at the Station for Experimental Evolution at Cold Spring Harbor, New York; Banta was visiting professor at Brown University from 1929 to 1930, and professor there from 1930 until his retirement in 1945; Banta died on January 2, 1946) The animal ecology of Mayfield's cave, 1904: title page (thesis for the degree of Master of Arts, Indiana University, 1904) binder's cover (Arthur Mangun Banta) |
| Associated language | eng |
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