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Charles Atwood Kofoid

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Charles Atwood Kofoid
Born(1865-10-11)October 11, 1865
Granville, Illinois
DiedMay 30, 1947(1947-05-30) (aged 81)
Berkeley, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
Known forMarine biology
Scientific career
FieldsZoology

Charles Atwood Kofoid (11 October 1865 – 30 May 1947) was an American zoologist known for his collection and classification of many new species of marine protozoans which established marine biology on a systematic basis.

Kofoid also wrote a volume on the biological stations of Europe.

References

  • Taylor, F J (August 1999). "Charles Atwood Kofoid and his dinoflagellate tabulation system: an appraisal and evaluation of the phylogenetic value of tabulation". Protist. 150 (2): 213–20. doi:10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70023-4. PMID 10505420.
  • "IN MEMORIAM: Charles Atwood Kofoid (1865-1947)". J. Parasitol. 39 (1): 108. February 1953. PMID 13035591.
  • Kofoid, C. A. (1910). The Biological Stations of Europe. US Bureau of Education.


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