Sterling Howard Emerson

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

Sterling Howard Emerson
Born29 October 1900 Edit this on Wikidata
Died2 May 1988 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 87)
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Life

He was born on October 29, 1900[3] in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Rollins Adams Emerson.[4] 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.[4] 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.[4] The standard author abbreviation S.Emers. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References
  1. "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. John R. S. Fincham (1994). Biographical Memoirs: Volume 63 (1994) - Chapter: 5. Sterling Howard Emerson. National Academies Press. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. doi:10.17226/4560. ISBN 978-0-309-04976-4. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. International Plant Names Index.  S.Emers.


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