Ross Granville Harrison
Ross Granville Harrison (born January 13, 1870 in Germantown , Pennsylvania , † September 30, 1959 in New Haven , Connecticut ) was an American zoologist .
Harrison earned a bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1889, and a Ph.D. there in 1894. in zoology and in 1899 at the University of Bonn a Dr. med. ; In 1896 he married Ida Lange in Altona and the couple had five children.
From 1896 he held a professorship in anatomy at Johns Hopkins University , from 1907 at Yale University a professorship in comparative anatomy and zoology and from 1927 he was Sterling Professor of Biology at Yale. In 1938 he retired and was head of the National Research Council from 1938 to 1946 . He remained scientifically active until shortly before his death.
Harrison is considered a pioneer in the development of cell culture . He has also made important contributions to embryology and carried out first experiments on organ transplantation . He founded the scientific journal Journal of Experimental Zoology and was its editor from 1903 to 1946.
Between 1913 and 1941, Ross was nominated 15 times for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .
Awards (selection)
- 1908 Harvey Lecture
- 1913 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1913 member of the American Philosophical Society
- 1921 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1933 Croonian Lecture of the Royal Society : The origin and development of the nervous system studied by the methods of experimental embryology.
- 1933 Harvey Lecture
- 1940 Foreign member of the Royal Society
- 1946 corresponding member of the Académie des sciences
- 1947 John J. Carty Award from the National Academy of Sciences
- 1956 International Antonio Feltrinelli Prize
- Member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences , the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences , the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Numerous honorary doctorates , including the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg , the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen , the Trinity College Dublin and the University of Budapest
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- JS Nicholas: Ross Granville Harrison. (PDF, 1.7 MB) In: Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences . 1961.
- Michael Abercrombie: Ross Granville Harrison, 1870-1959. In: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 7, 1961, p. 110, doi: 10.1098 / rsbm.1961.0009 .
- Ross Granville Harrison in the Encyclopaedia Britannica (britannica.com)
- Ross Granville Harrison in nndb (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Nomination Database. In: nobelprize.org. Accessed December 20, 2017 .
- ↑ George Washington Corner: A History of the Rockefeller Institute, 1901-1953. P. 125 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Ross Harrison. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved December 20, 2017 .
- ^ Ross G. Harrison. In: search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved December 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter H. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Accessed December 20, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Harrison; Ross Granville. In: collections.royalsociety.org. Accessed December 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Les membres du passé dont le nom commence par H. In: academie-sciences.fr. Retrieved December 20, 2017 (French).
- ^ John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved December 20, 2017 .
- ^ Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei - Premi "Antonio Feltrinelli" finora conferiti. In: lincei.it. Retrieved December 20, 2017 (Italian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harrison, Ross Granville |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harrison, Ross G .; Harrison, Ross |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Germantown , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1959 |
| Place of death | New Haven , Connecticut |