Elizabeth C. Crosby
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Elizabeth Caroline Crosby (born October 25, 1888 in Petersburg (Michigan) , † July 28, 1983 ) was an American neuroanalyst.
Life
Crosby studied mathematics at Adrian College with a bachelor's degree in 1910 and natural sciences at the University of Chicago with a master's degree in biology in 1912 and a doctorate in anatomy in 1915 with Charles Judson Herrick (1868-1960) (dissertation: The Forebrain of Alligator Mississippiensis ), for which she received a grant. In 1916 she returned to her homeland to care for her aging mother and taught Latin, zoology and mathematics at the local high school, becoming principal of the school in 1916 and the school inspectorate in 1918. After her mother's death, she resumed her career as an anatomist. From 1920 she taught at the University of Michigan in the anatomy department (headed by G. Carl Huber , Gotthelf Carl Huber [1865-1934]), including neuroanatomy and histology. In 1923 she studied with the neuroanatomist Cornelius Ubbo Ariëns Kappers in Amsterdam. In 1936 she received (as the first woman at the local medical faculty) a full professorship at the University of Michigan, whose Faculty Achievement Award she received in 1956. After she was on a sabbatical in Aberdeen in 1939 with Robert Douglas Lockhart (1894-1987), she had to stay there until 1941 because of the outbreak of World War II. In 1963 she retired from the University of Michigan and moved to the University of Alabama in Birmingham as Emeritus Professor of Anatomy.
In addition to comparative neuroanatomy, she was also an anatomical assistant in many brain operations. At the university she was also known for excellent teaching.
She was instrumental in the English edition of the monograph on comparative neuroanatomy of Kappers (published 1936) and worked at the University of Alabama at its own monograph on comparative neuroanatomy from which the band over the Cerebrum (telencephalon) appeared.
In 1979 she received the National Medal of Science and in 1972 the Henry Gray Award from the American Association of Anatomists . In 1946 she gave the Henry Russell Lecture at the University of Michigan and in 1970 she received an honorary doctorate there.
literature
- Russell T. Woodburne: Elizabeth C. Crosby, Journal of Comparative Neurology, Volume 112, 2004, Issue 1, p. 19, pdf
Fonts
- with Herrick: A Laboratory Outline of Neurology. Philadlephia: WB Saunders Company, 1918.
- with Kappers u. a .: The Comparative Anatomy of the Nervous System of Vertebrates, Including Man. New York: MacMillan, 1936.
- with HN Schnitzlein. Comparative Correlative Neuroanatomy of the Vertebrate Telencephalon. New York: MacMillan, 1982.
- with others: Correlative Anatomy of the Nervous System. New York: MacMillan, 1962.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crosby, Elizabeth C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crosby, Elizabeth Caroline |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American neuroanalyst |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Petersburg (Michigan) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1983 |