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Sterling Howard Emerson

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Sterling Howard Emerson
Born(1900-10-29)29 October 1900
Died2 May 1988(1988-05-02) (aged 87)
Alma materCornell University
SpouseMary Foote Randall
ChildrenAnn K Fincham, S Jonathan Emerson
Parents
RelativesHarrison M. Randall (father-in-law); John Fincham (son-in-law)
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
California Institute of Technology
Author abbrev. (botany)S.Emers.

Sterling Howard Emerson was an American geneticist.[1] Emerson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1951.[2]

Life

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Sterling Howard Emerson was born on October 29, 1900[3] in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Rollins Adams Emerson and Harriet Hardin.[4][5] Emerson was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1922, and admitted as a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Michigan in 1928.[5] Emerson was the professor of genetics at the California Institute of Technology from 1928 to 1971.[1] Emerson died on May 2, 1988, in Altadena, California.[5]

The standard author abbreviation S.Emers. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

Sterling Howard Emerson married Mary Foote Randall (daughter of physicist Harrison M. Randall and Ida May Muma) on 29 May 1924 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[4][7] Their children were Ann K Emerson (married geneticist John Fincham) and S Jonathan Emerson.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Caltech Archives - Emerson, Sterling Howard (Geneticist)". California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Guggenheim Fellowship - Sterling Emerson - Fellow: Awarded 1951". Guggenheim Fellowship. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. ^ "National Academy of Sciences - member directory - Sterling Emerson". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b Sterling H Emerson. Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952. Accessed via ancestry.com paid subscription site on 20 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b c John R. S. Fincham (1994). Biographical Memoirs: Volume 63 (1994) - Chapter: 5. Sterling Howard Emerson. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. doi:10.17226/4560. ISBN 978-0-309-04976-4. Retrieved 2 January 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  6. ^ International Plant Names Index.  S.Emers.
  7. ^ a b Sterling Emerson. 1940 United States Federal Census. Accessed via ancestry.com paid subscription site on 20 October 2023.
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