Edwin Grant Conklin (November 24, 1863 – November 20, 1952) was an American

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and

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Life

He was born in Waldo, Ohio, the son of A. V. Conklin and Maria Hull. He was educated at

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and

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. He was

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of biology at Ohio Wesleyan (1891–94) and professor of zoology at

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(1894–96), the

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(1896-1908), and

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(1908-1935). He became coeditor of the ''

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'', ''

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'', and the ''

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''. In 1897, he was elected to the

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. He was elected to the United States

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in 1908. He was president of the

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in 1912, became a member of the

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in 1914, and was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1936. He was elected a Fellow of the

in 1914. He also served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as

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, from 1937 to 1952. In 1943, Conklin was awarded the John J. Carty Award from the

. In 1995, the

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inaugurated the Edwin Grant Conklin Medal in his honor.

Family

He married Belle Adkinson in 1889.

References

External links

Duty or Dream? Edwin G. Conklin's Critique of Eugenics and Support for American IndividualismNational Academy of Sciences Biographical MemoirEdwin Grant Conklin Papers
from the

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1863 births 1952 deaths American zoologists Johns Hopkins University alumni Northwestern University faculty Ohio Wesleyan University alumni Ohio Wesleyan University faculty People from Marion County, Ohio Princeton University faculty Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Marine zoologists American marine biologists Honorary Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Presidents of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Presidents of the American Society of Naturalists Members of the American Philosophical Society American Eugenics Society members {{US-zoologist-stub

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Family

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