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Frank B. Livingstone
BornDecember 8, 1928
Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedMarch 21, 2005 (2005-03-22) (aged 76)
Springfield, Ohio, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University (B.A.)
OccupationAnthropologist
RelativesGuy 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)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, University of Michigan.
  2. ^ a b c Archived 2010-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, Minnesota State University.
  3. ^ a b Vitzthum, Virginia L. (August 2003). "Frank B. Livingstone: Introduction", Human Biology.
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