Chancey Juday (May 5, 1871 – March 29, 1944) together with G. Evelyn Hutchinson, and his close collaborator, Edward A. Birge were pioneers of North American

limnology Limnology ( ; ) is the study of inland aquatic ecosystems. It includes aspects of the biological, chemical, physical, and geological characteristics of fresh and saline, natural and man-made bodies of water. This includes the study of lakes, ...

. Birge and Juday founded an influential school of limnology on

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at the

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.Frey, D.G. (ed.), 1963. Limnology in North America. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison Edward Birge hired Chancey Juday through this program to help him take samples of lakes in Wisconsin. Their main sampling took place on Lake Mendota. The two, Juday and Birge, studied dissolved oxygen and temperature, leading future limnologists to a better understanding of stratification. Juday, born 5 May 1871 at

Millersburg, Indiana Millersburg is a town in Clinton Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, Clinton and Benton Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, Benton townships, Elkhart County, Indiana, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. The population was 903 at the 2010 census ...

, completed his A.B. (1896) and A.M. (1897) degrees at

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. Many years later he was also awarded an honorary LL.D. Juday was one of the founders of the Limnological Society of America, serving as its president for two years. He was awarded the

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(1943) by the

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. Juday died on March 29, 1944, but in 1950 shared posthumously the

Einar Naumann Einar Christian Leonard Naumann (13 August 1891 – 22 September 1934) was a Swedish botanist and limnologist who was professor of limnology at the University of Lund. Naumann worked during the summers at the Fishery Station in Aneboda (Småla ...

Medal of the International Association of Limnology with Birge.

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* 1871 births 1944 deaths People from Millersburg, Indiana American limnologists University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Biologists from Indiana Scientists at University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center {{geoscientist-stub