Charles Sedgwick Minot
Charles Sedgwick Minot (born December 23, 1852 in Roxbury , Massachusetts , † November 19, 1914 in Milton ) was an American histologist , embryologist and botanist at Harvard Medical School . He was considered one of the leading American anatomists of his time.
Life
Minot comes from a distinguished New England family. The ornithologist Henry Davis Minot (1859–1890) was his younger brother. As a young man, Charles Minot published works on butterflies .
Minot studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he graduated in 1872. His teachers included the astronomer Edward Charles Pickering , the naturalist Louis Agassiz, and the physiologist Henry Pickering Bowditch . Minot spent a few years in Germany, where he was a student of Carl Ludwig and Rudolf Leuckart (both at Leipzig University ). He then went to Paris in 1875 to work for Louis-Antoine Ranvier .
Back in the United States, he received his PhD from Harvard University in 1878 . He was initially employed as an instructor for oral pathology and surgery at Harvard Medical School from 1880 to 1882 , and from 1883 for histology and embryology . In 1887 he became an assistant professor and in 1892 he was given a full professorship. From 1912 to 1914 he was head of the anatomy department there. From 1912 and 1913 he was an exchange professor in Berlin and Jena , where, in addition to his own work, he presented that of other American anatomists.
Minot temporarily dealt with psychology, including questions of telepathy and superstition .
Charles Minot had been married to Lucy Fosdick since 1889, the couple remained childless. They spent their free time in their summer garden in Readville , where they grew peonies , among other things .
Fonts (selection)
- Transfusion and auto-transfusion , 1876
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Human Embryology , 1892
- German translation 1894
- A laboratory text book of embryology , 1903
- Age, growth and death , 1908
- The method of science , 1913
- Modern Problems of Biology , 1913
Awards (selection)
- 1882 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1896 member of the American Philosophical Society
- 1897 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1901 President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Honorary Doctorates : 1899 Yale University , 1902 University of Oxford , 1904 University of Toronto , 1911 University of St Andrews
literature
- Edward S. Morse : Charles Sedgwick Minot 1852-1914. In: Biographical Memoirs. National Academy of Sciences , 1920 (PDF, 1.1 MB) .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Charles Sedgwick Papers, 1813-1908. In: masshist.org. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF, 1.1 MB) at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org), accessed April 6, 2017.
- ↑ Member History. In: amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Charles Minot. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved April 6, 2017 .
- ^ Charles S. Minot. In: archives.aaas.org. Retrieved April 10, 2017 .
Web links
- Charles Sedgwick Minot at sedgwick.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Minot, Charles Sedgwick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Minot, Charles S. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American histologist, embryologist, and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Roxbury , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1914 |
| Place of death | Milton |