Edwin Grant Conklin (November 24, 1863 – November 20, 1952) was an

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and zoologist.

Life

He was born in

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, Ohio, the son of A. V. Conklin and Maria Hull. He was educated at

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and Johns Hopkins University. He was professor of biology at Ohio Wesleyan (1891–94) and professor of zoology at Northwestern University (1894–96), the University of Pennsylvania (1896-1908), and Princeton University (1908-1935). He became coeditor of the ''

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'', '' The Biological Bulletin'', and the '' Journal of Experimental Zoology''. He was president of the American Society of Naturalists in 1912 and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1936. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1914. He also served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as Society for Science and the Public, from 1937 to 1952. In 1943 Conklin was awarded the John J. Carty Award from the

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. In 1995 the

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inaugurated the

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in his honor.

Family

He married Belle Adkinson (d.1940) in 1889.

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Duty or Dream? Edwin G. Conklin's Critique of Eugenics and Support for American IndividualismNational Academy of Sciences Biographical MemoirEdwin Grant Conklin Papers
from the Princeton University Library 1863 births 1952 deaths American zoologists Johns Hopkins University alumni Northwestern University faculty Ohio Wesleyan University alumni Ohio Wesleyan University faculty People from Marion County, Ohio Princeton University faculty Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Marine zoologists American marine biologists Honorary Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh {{US-zoologist-stub

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