Frank B. Livingstone
Frank B. Livingstone | |
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Born | December 8, 1928 Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | March 21, 2005 Springfield, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 76)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University (B.A.) |
Occupation | Anthropologist |
Relatives | Guy P. Livingstone (father) Margery Brown Livingstone (mother) |
Frank B. Livingstone (December 8, 1928 – March 21, 2005) was an American biological anthropologist.
Early life and education
Livingstone was born in Winchester, Massachusetts to Guy P. Livingstone and Margery Brown Livingstone.[1] He graduated from Winchester High School in 1946 and earned his Bachelors Degree in Mathematics at Harvard University in 1950.[1][2] He completed a doctoral degree in 1957 and joined the University of Michigan’s anthropology faculty in 1959 where he became Professor Emeritus of Biological Anthropology.[1][3]
Career
Livingstone's primary area of research was genetic variation in modern human populations.[2] For his groundbreaking work on sickle cell anemia, Livingstone was awarded the Martin Luther King Award from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.[1][2] After his retirement in 1998, Livingstone was awarded the Charles R. Darwin Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA).[1] In 2002, a symposium was held in his honor at the annual meeting of the AAPA in Buffalo, New York.[3]
Death
Livingstone died on March 21, 2005 in Springfield, Ohio, due to complications from Parkinson's disease.[1]
Bibliography
- Abnormal Hemoglobin in Human Populations (Aldine Press, 1967)
- Data on the Abnormal Hemoglobin's and Glucose-Six-Phosphate Deficiency in Human Populations (1973)
- Frequencies of Hemoglobin Variants: Thalassemia, The Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency, G6PD Variants, and Ovalocytosis in Human Populations (Oxford University Press, 1985)