Dr. George Sumner Huntington (March 21, 1861 – January 5, 1927) was a

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, a researcher into

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, and a college

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. For thirty-five years he was a professor of anatomy at the

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. He had attended the college he taught at and graduated in 1897 with honors, winning 1st place in both the

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for Clinical Reports and for Proficiency in Examination. He served as the fifth president of the Association of American Anatomists from 1899 to 1903. Among other degrees he received was an honorary

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from

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in 1907.

Personal life

Huntington was the son of Hezekiah Huntington and Katherine Brinley Sumner Huntington. He received his early education in

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and

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. In 1885, he married Annie McNair Elderkin in

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.HUNTINGTON, George Sumner
in ''

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'' (1901-1902 edition), p. 576

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Biographical memoir
from the

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