Amy Elizabeth Adams

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Amy Elizabeth Adams , mostly just A. Elizabeth Adams , (born March 28, 1892 in Delaware , New Jersey , † February 15, 1962 in South Hadley , Massachusetts ) was an American zoologist .

Life

Amy Elizabeth Adams attended Blair Academy in Blairstown , New Jersey and enrolled at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley , Massachusetts in September 1909 , majoring in Mathematics . She only took zoology as a minor in her basic studies, but changed her major to zoology through the influence of Cornelia Clapp and Ann Morgan and received her Bachelor of Science there in 1914 . In 1914/15 she worked as a laboratory assistant at the zoology department of Mount Holyoke College before studying zoology at Columbia University , where she received her Master of Science degree in 1919 . In the same year she returned to Mount Holyoke College, where she taught zoology. In 1922 she received a research grant from Yale University , where she worked at the Osborn Zoological Laboratory, where she received her Ph.D. in 1926.

Adams taught at Mount Holyoke College since 1919, was promoted to professor in 1928 and held that position until her retirement in 1957. She gave lectures in general zoology, comparative anatomy , embryology and experimental zoology. In 1920/21, 1929 and 1937 she served as head of the Department of Zoology and in 1926/27 as dean of Mount Holyoke College. She was considered one of the most renowned zoologists of the 1930s and also received numerous research grants during the Great Depression , such as the Bache Fund of the National Academy of Sciences , the Rockefeller Foundation , the National Research Council , the American Association for the Advancement of Science or Sigma Xi . Her main research interests were in the fields of experimental zoology and embryology.

Adams was a member of numerous societies, including the Endocrine Society , the Society for Experimental Biology and an elected member of the New York Academy of Sciences . She also served as Chair of Phi Beta Kappa at Mount Holyoke College for four years .

Works (selection)

  • An experimental study of the development of the mouth in the amphibian embryo . In: Journal of Experimental Zoology . Volume 40, Issue 3, 1924, pp. 311–379 , doi : 10.1002 / now 1400400302 (English).
  • Studies on sexual conditions in Triturus viridescens . The effects of ovarian grafts in castrated males. In: Journal of Experimental Zoology . Volume 55, Issue 1, 1930, pp. 63–85 , doi : 10.1002 / now 1400550107 (English).
  • Studies in Experimental Zoology . Regeneration, Experimental Embryology, Endocrinology. Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor 1936 (English, 2nd edition 1941; 3rd edition 1949).
  • Sexual conditions in Triturus viridescens . Artificial hermaphroditism. In: Journal of Experimental Zoology . Volume 78, Issue 3, 1938, pp. 233-269 , doi : 10.1002 / jez.1400780302 (English).
  • Sexual conditions in Triturus viridescens . III. The reproductive cycle of the adult aquatic form of both sexes. In: American Journal of Anatomy . Volume 66, Issue 2, 1940, pp. 235–275 , doi : 10.1002 / aja.1000660205 (English).
  • Sexual conditions in Triturus viridescens . IV. The effect of the administration of diethylstilbestrol on adult normal and castrated males. In: Journal of Experimental Zoology . Volume 101, Issue 1, 1946, pp. 1–39 , doi : 10.1002 / jez.1401010102 (English).
  • Sexual conditions in Triturus viridescens . V. The effect of the administration of diethylstilbestrol on adult normal and castrated females. In: Journal of Experimental Zoology . Volume 113, Issue 2, 1950, pp. 463–497 , doi : 10.1002 / jez.1401130209 (English).

literature

  • Proceedings of the American Association of Anatomists Seventy-Fifth Annual Meeting . University of Minnesota School of Medicine March 20, 21, 22, 23 1962. In: The Anatomical Record . Volume 143, Issue 3, 1962, pp. 267-328 , doi : 10.1002 / ar.1091430311 (English, Christiana Smith: A. Elizabeth Adams , pp. 269-271).
  • Tiffany K. Wayne: Adams, (Amy) Elizabeth . In: American Women of Science since 1900 . Volume I (Essays, A-H). ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California 2011, ISBN 978-1-59884-158-9 , pp. 183-184 (English).

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personal data
SURNAME Adams, Amy Elizabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adams, A. Elizabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Delaware , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1962
Place of death South Hadley , Massachusetts