Sterling Howard Emerson

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The standard author abbreviation S.Emers. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [1]
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
Alma mater University of Michigan (PhD)
Cornell University (BS)
SpouseMary Foote Randall
ChildrenAnn K Fincham, S Jonathan Emerson
Parents
Relatives Harrison M. Randall (father-in-law); John Fincham (son-in-law)
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics
Institutions California Institute of Technology
Author abbrev. (botany) S.Emers.

Sterling Howard Emerson was an American geneticist. [2] Emerson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1951. [3]

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Life

Sterling Howard Emerson was born on October 29, 1900 [4] in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Rollins Adams Emerson and Harriet Hardin. [5] [6] 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. [6] Emerson was the professor of genetics at the California Institute of Technology from 1928 to 1971. [2] Emerson died on May 2, 1988, in Altadena, California. [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. [5] [7] Their children were Ann K Emerson (married geneticist John Fincham) and S Jonathan Emerson. [7]

References

  1. ↑ International Plant Names Index.  S.Emers.
  2. 1 2 "The Caltech Archives - Emerson, Sterling Howard (Geneticist)". California Institute of Technology . Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Guggenheim Fellowship - Sterling Emerson - Fellow: Awarded 1951". Guggenheim Fellowship . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "National Academy of Sciences - member directory - Sterling Emerson". National Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 Sterling H Emerson. Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952. Accessed via ancestry.com paid subscription site on 20 October 2023.
  6. 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)
  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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