Henry Van Peters Wilson

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Henry Van Peters Wilson (born February 16, 1863 in Baltimore , Maryland , † January 4, 1939 in Durham , North Carolina ) was an American zoologist . He made a special contribution to the description of the morphology and the regenerative capacity of sponges and other hollow animals .

Life

Henry Wilson's father, Samuel Augustus Wilson, was a clergyman and circuit rider , later a United States Postal Inspector .

Wilson earned a degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1883 (with William Thompson Sedgwick among others ) and a Ph.D. in 1888. with William Keith Brooks . From 1889 to 1891 Wilson worked for the United States Fish Commission (later United States Bureau of Fisheries ) at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole , Massachusetts , and from 1899 to 1902 he was director of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Beaufort , North Carolina . From 1891 he held a professorship for biology at the University of North Carolina , from 1904 one for zoology. In 1902/1903 Wilson spent a year with Franz Eilhard Schulze in Berlin, and in 1929 a year at the Naples Zoological Station .

In 1901 Wilson was elected a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science , in 1927 a member of the National Academy of Sciences , and in 1932 of the American Philosophical Society . In 1911, Wilson was President of the American Society of Zoologists .

Wilson was married to Edith Theresa Stickney († 1900) since 1893. The marriage had three children.

Fonts (selection)

  • Development of Manicina areolata , dissertation, 1888.
  • Embryology of Sea Bass , 1891
  • Observations on Egg Development of Maritime Sponges , 1894
  • Report on Albatross, 1891 Sponges , 1904

literature

  • Wilson, Henry Van Peters. In: Who's Who in America. 1908/09.
  • Wilson, Henry Van Peters. In: HH Stephenson: Who's who in science (international). 1913.
  • Wilson, Prof. H (enry) V (to Peters). In: American men of science. 1933.
  • Donald Paul Costello: Henry Van Peters Wilson (PDF; 1.6 MB). In: Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. 1961.

Web links

Commons : Henry Van Peters Wilson  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Henry Wilson. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved September 23, 2018 .
  2. ^ Henry VP Wilson. In: search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved September 23, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Henry Van Peters
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, Henry V .; Wilson, Henry VP; Wilson, Henry VanPeters
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1939
Place of death Durham , North Carolina