George Alfred Baitsell (1885 – September 24, 1971)George Alfred Baitsell
at ancestry.com.au was an American biologist. He was Professor of biology at

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. He was an official of the

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, and published several science books.

Publications

''The evolution of man''
New Haven, Yale University Press, 1922
''Manual of animal biology''
New York, Macmillan, 1932 * ''Human biology'', New York, McGraw-Hill, 1940
''Science in progress''
New Haven, Yale University Press, 1949 (editor) * ''The Centennial of the

Sheffield Scientific School Sheffield Scientific School was founded in 1847 as a school of Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut, for instruction in science and engineering. Originally named the Yale Scientific School, it was renamed in 1861 in honor of Joseph E. Sheffield, ...

'', Yale University Press, 1950 (editor)

Family

George Alfred Baitsell was the first son of John Albert Baitsell (1847-1929) and Amanda Clammer (1859-1936); he had a sister, Bessie (died in 1887 three weeks after her birth), and two brothers, John Merrill (1889-1905), and Carl Merrill (born 1891).John Albert Baitsell
at ancestry.com.au He and his wife Dorothy Morton Horning (1885-1967) had a son, John Morton Baitsell, and Dorothy (DeeDee) Baitsell. John Morton Baitsell married Carol Todd and is survived by his two children, John Baitsell Jr. and Sarah Baitsell Oliver. John Baitsell Jr. has two children, Adam Baitsell and Aidan Baitsell. Sarah Oliver is married to Mark Oliver, and has two children, Annie Oliver and Wilson Oliver.

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