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St. Augustine (354-430)
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
St. Augustine of Hippo, born Aurelius Augustinus to a respectable family in the year 354 CE, is now considered one of the foremost theologians in the…
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Samuel Randall Detwiler (1890-1957)
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
Samuel Randall Detwiler was an embryologist who studied neural development in embryos and vertebrate retinas. He discovered evidence for the…
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George Washington Corner (1889-1981)
By: Kimberly A. Buettner
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
As the third director of the Carnegie Institute of Washington s Department of Embryology, George Washington Corner made a number of contributions to…
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Stanley Cohen (1922- )
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
Stanley Cohen is a biochemist who participated in the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF). He shared the 1986…
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Karl Wilhelm Theodor Richard von Hertwig (1850-1937)
By: Benjamin Garcia, Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
Karl Wilhelm Theodor Richard von Hertwig is an important figure in the history of embryology for his contributions of artificial hybridization of sea…
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Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1888-1969)
By: Kristin Bolfert
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
Libbie Henrietta Hyman was born into a recently immigrated Jewish family on 6 December 1888 in Des Moines, Iowa. One of many siblings and daughter to…
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Franklin Paine Mall (1862-1917)
By: Kimberly A. Buettner
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
Franklin Paine Mall was born into a farming family in Belle Plaine, Iowa, on 28 September 1862. While he attended a local academy, an influential…
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Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch (1867-1941)
By: Mary E. Sunderland
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
Although educated as a scientist who studied with both August Weismann and Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch was first employed as a…
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Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729-1799)
By: Mary E. Sunderland
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
Lazzaro Spallanzani's imaginative application of experimental methods, mastery of microscopy, and wide interests led him to significant contributions…
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Florence Rena Sabin (1871-1953)
By: Kimberly A. Buettner
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
Florence Rena Sabin had successful careers as both a researcher and public health reformer. When Johns Hopkins University Medical School opened,…
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