Arthur Merton Chickering (March 23, 1887 - May 24, 1974) was a U.S.
arachnologist.
Biography
He was born on March 23, 1887, in North
Danville, Vermont.
He studied in
Yale University under
Alexander Petrunkevitch until 1913. In 1916 he earned a
Master of Science degree in
cytology and in 1927 a
Ph.D. for cytological studies on the
spermatogenesis
Spermatogenesis is the process by which haploid spermatozoa develop from germ cells in the seminiferous tubules of the testis. This process starts with the mitotic division of the stem cells located close to the basement membrane of the tubule ...
of
insects. He taught at
Beloit College
Beloit College is a private liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin. Founded in 1846, when Wisconsin was still a territory, it is the state's oldest continuously operated college. It is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and has ...
from 1913 to 1918 and at
Albion College from 1918 to 1957. From 1953 to 1971 he was Research Associate in Arachnology at the
Museum of Comparative Zoology at
Harvard
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
.
He went on numerous field trips to
Central America from 1928 to 1964. His favorite collecting method was sifting
plant litter. Because
R. V. Chamberlin did not return some of his collections in 1928 but instead published on them, Chickering preferred to work on his collections himself later on.
He died on May 24, 1974, in
Keene, New Hampshire.
Legacy
From 1937 to 1972 he described 14 genera and 342 species, almost all of them from Central America, including the
West Indies.
References
* (1975): In Memoriam: Arthur M. Chickering, 1887–1974. ''Transactions of the American Microscopical Society'' 94(2): 268–272. (with list of publications) â€
first page
External links
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1887 births
1974 deaths
Yale University alumni
Beloit College faculty
Albion College faculty
Harvard University staff
Arachnologists
American arachnologists
People from Caledonia County, Vermont
20th-century American zoologists