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Myron Gordon (other)
Myron Gordon may refer to: * Myron Gordon (biologist) (1899–1959), American ichthyologist * Myron J. Gordon (1920–2010), American economist * Myron L. Gordon (1918–2009), American federal judge {{hndis, Gordon, Myron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myron Gordon (biologist)
Myron Gordon (November 13, 1899 – March 12, 1959) was an American biologist and geneticist and became an expert on platy fish ''Xiphophorus'' while using them for his pioneering cancer research, starting in the late 1920s. Early papers were published while still a graduate student at Cornell University, but he is best known for his research at New York University and the New York Zoological Society (now Wildlife Conservation Society). Education Gordon received his education at Cornell University, achieving first his Bachelor of Science in 1925, going on to study for a Masters of Science in genetics and agriculture, 1925–1926, and finally achieving a Ph.D. in zoology, limnology and genetics in 1929. Activities through summer periods during education In summers, during school, Gordon worked a variety of jobs. He began in 1920 as a keeper at the New York Zoological Park (now the Bronx Zoo) and continued from 1921 to 1923 as a Game Keeper, first at the State of Maryland Game Far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Myron of Eleutherae (480–440 BC) (; , ''Myrōn'' ) was an Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC. Alongside three other Greek sculptors, Polykleitos Pheidias, and Praxiteles, Myron is considered as one of the most important sculptors of classical antiquity. He was born in Eleutherae on the borders of Boeotia and Attica. According to ''Natural History'', a Latin encyclopedia by Pliny the Elder (AD 23 – 79), a scholar in Ancient Rome, Ageladas of Argos was his teacher. None of his original sculptures are known to survive, but there are many later copies of his works, such as his ''Discobolus'', mostly Roman. Reputation Myron worked almost exclusively in bronze and his fame rested principally upon his representations of athletes (including his iconic ''Diskobolos''), in which he made a revolution, according to commentators in Antiquity, by introducing greater boldness of pose and a more perfect rhythm, subordinating the parts to the whole. Pliny's remark that Myron's wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
