Samuel Jackson Holmes

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Samuel Jackson Holmes (born March 7, 1868 in Henry , Illinois , † March 5, 1964 in Oakland , California ) was an American zoologist and a representative of eugenics in the United States.

Life

Holmes studied biology at the University of California, Berkeley with a master's degree in 1895 and received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1897 . He then taught for a year at a school in San Diego, was an instructor for zoology at the University of Michigan from 1898 to 1904 and at the University of Wisconsin from 1905 to 1911 and was an associate professor from 1912 and a professor at Berkeley from 1917, succeeding his teacher Harry Beal Torrey . From 1938 he was Professor Emeritus.

He dealt with experimental morphogenesis, genetics, behavioral research and later turned to eugenics and addressed in lectures the problematic increase in Mexican immigrants in California.

He had been married since 1909 and had five children. In 1924 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Fonts

  • Synopsis of California Stalk-Eyed Crustacea, California Academy of Sciences 1900
  • Biology of the Frog, Macmillan 1907
  • Evolution of Animal Intelligence, H. Holt 1911
  • Studies in Animal Behavior, RG Badger 1916
  • Elements of Animal Biology, P. Blakiston's Son & Co. 1919
  • The Trend of the Race, Harcourt, Brace 1921
  • Louis Pasteur, Harcourt, Brace 1921, 1924
  • Studies in Evolution and Eugenics, Harcourt, Brace 1923
  • A Bibliography of Eugenics, University Of California Press 1924
  • Life and Evolution: An Introduction to General Biology, Harcourt, Brace 1926 * The Eugenic Predicament, Harcourt, Brace 1933.
  • Human Genetics and Its Social Import, McGraw Hill 1936
  • General Biology 1937
  • The Negros' Struggle For Survival, University Of California Press 1938
  • Life and Morals, Macmillan 1948

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SURNAME Holmes, Samuel Jackson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Henry , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1964
Place of death Oakland , California