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    Reminiscences of Dr. Edwin Grant Conklin (1863-1952), Biologist [2 of 2] (2013)
    American Philosophical Society
    In:  American Philosophical Society, Mss.Rec.82
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    Publication Date: 2023-01-12
    Description: Reminiscences and group discussion, made two days before Dr. Conklin's death
    Description: Originally APS Recording 26, transferred from phonograph record to open reel tape for the APS by the Library of Congress in 1970.
    Description: Reformatted digital
    Description: Tells of his studies using Crepidula (a limpet, mollusk) which a re classical because this work traced the fates of cells from early cleavage into their final destinations in later germ layers -- Together with EB Wilson's work with embryos of Nereis (a marine worm) Conklin's studies led to the concept of cell lineage and the early determination of the fates of various regions of the egg. -- Conklin had graduated from Ohio-Wesleyan University before going to Johns Hopkins for his PhD. He returned to Ohio-Wesleyan and set up a laboratory "from scratch" -- Conklin kept his research alive by coming summers to the Woods Hole (1891, 1892 et seq) and with encouragement from EB Wilson and Whitman (for whom one of the MBL's buildings is named) got his paper, literally a book, published in the Journal of Morphology. The was about 1893. -- Introduction to tape by Dr. Elsa Keil Sichel
    Description: Audio
    Keywords: American Philosophical Society ; Embryology--History ; Biology--United States ; People ; People
    Repository Name: Woods Hole Open Access Server
    Language: English
    Type: Recording, oral
    Format: 15m01s
    Format: audio/mp3
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    Reminiscences of Dr. Edwin Grant Conklin (1863-1952), Biologist [1 of 2] (2013)
    American Philosophical Society
    In:  American Philosophical Society, Mss.Rec.82
    Details
    Publication Date: 2023-01-12
    Description: Reminiscences and group discussion, made two days before Dr. Conklin's death
    Description: Originally APS Recording 26, transferred from phonograph record to open reel tape for the APS by the Library of Congress in 1970.
    Description: Reformatted digital
    Description: Conklin recounts with pride his first (1896) acceptance by the American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia) following presentation of his paper on evolution at a symposium -- Came to Woods Hole summer of 1890 to work on embryology of Crepidula for this PhD thesis, sponsored by Brooks,. Names of older scientists mentioned include Agassiz, HV Wilson (US Fish Commission), Thomas Hunt Morgan. -- Tells of his studies using Crepidula (a limpet, mollusk) which a re classical because this work traced the fates of cells from early cleavage into their final destinations in later germ layers
    Description: Audio
    Keywords: American Philosophical Society ; Embryology--History ; Biology--United States ; People ; People
    Repository Name: Woods Hole Open Access Server
    Language: English
    Type: Recording, oral
    Format: 10m22s
    Format: audio/mp3
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