Sterling Howard Emerson
Born(1900-10-29)29 October 1900
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Died2 May 1988(1988-05-02) (aged 87)
Altadena, Los Angeles County,
California, USA
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University
SpouseMary Foote Randall
Scientific career
Fieldsgenetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
California Institute of Technology

Sterling Howard Emerson was an American geneticist.[1] Emerson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1951.[2]

Life

Sterling Howard Emerson was born on October 29, 1900[3] in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Rollins Adams Emerson and Harriet Hardin.[4][5] Emerson was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1922, and admitted as a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Michigan in 1928.[5] Emerson was the professor of genetics at the California Institute of Technology from 1928 to 1971.[1] Emerson died on May 2, 1988, in Altadena, California.[5]

The standard author abbreviation S.Emers. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

Sterling Howard Emerson married Mary Foote Randall (daughter of physicist Harrison M. Randall and Ida May Muma) on 29 May 1924 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[4][7] Their children were Ann K Emerson (married geneticist John Fincham) and S Jonathan Emerson.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Caltech Archives - Emerson, Sterling Howard (Geneticist)". California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Guggenheim Fellowship - Sterling Emerson - Fellow: Awarded 1951". Guggenheim Fellowship. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "National Academy of Sciences - member directory - Sterling Emerson". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 Sterling H Emerson. Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952. Accessed via ancestry.com paid subscription site on 20 October 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 John R. S. Fincham (1994). Biographical Memoirs: Volume 63 (1994) - Chapter: 5. Sterling Howard Emerson. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. doi:10.17226/4560. ISBN 978-0-309-04976-4. Retrieved 2 January 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  6. ↑ International Plant Names Index.  S.Emers.
  7. 1 2 Sterling Emerson. 1940 United States Federal Census. Accessed via ancestry.com paid subscription site on 20 October 2023.


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