Robert Ervin Coker
Robert Ervin Coker (born January 30, 1876 in Society Hill , South Carolina , † October 2, 1967 in Chapel Hill , North Carolina ) was an American zoologist . He was considered an oyster expert and the founder of the North Carolina's fishing industry. He studied cladocera in the ancient North Carolina lakes and the effects of temperature on cyclomorphism . In 1906 he was invited to Peru to make recommendations for the protection of guano birds .
Life
Coker graduated from the University of North Carolina and received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University . From 1922 until his retirement in 1947, he taught at the University of North Carolina. He then became director of the Institute for Fisheries Research.
Works
- RE Coker: This Great and Wide Sea . 1st edition. The University of North Carolina Press, 1947. ( additional editions 1949 and 1954 )
- as paperback : RE Coker: This Great and Wide Sea (= The Science Library ). Harper & Brothers, 1962.
- German translation: RE Coker: The sea - the largest living space . Paul Parey, 1966.
Web links
- Literature by and about Robert Ervin Coker in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Verena Winiwarter , Hans-Rudolf Bork : History of our environment . 1st edition. WBG, Darmstadt 2014, ISBN 978-3-86312-069-6 , p. 60 .
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| SURNAME | Coker, Robert Ervin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Society Hill , South Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2nd, 1967 |
| Place of death | Chapel Hill , North Carolina |