George Alfred Baitsell
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Born1885
DiedSeptember 24, 1971
EducationB.S. Central University of Iowa 1908, M.A. Yale University 1909[1]
AlmamaterYale University
George Alfred Baitsell | |
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 Officers and senior officials of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1947. Left to right, standing: Sinnott, Baitsell, Payne, Lark-Horovitz, Miles, Stakman, sitting: Carlson, Mather, Moulton, Shapley. | |
| Born | 1885 |
| Died | September 24, 1971 |
| Education | B.S. Central University of Iowa 1908, M.A. Yale University 1909[1] |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Spouse | Dorothy Morton Horning (1885-1967) |
| Children | John Morton Baitsell and Dorothy (DeeDee) Baitsell |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | Yale University |
| Thesis | Experiments on the reproduction of the Hypotrichous Infusoria[1] (1914) |
George Alfred Baitsell (1885 – September 24, 1971)[2] was an American biologist. He was professor of biology at Yale University. He was an official of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and published several science books.
- The evolution of man, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1922
- Manual of animal biology, New York, Macmillan, 1932
- Human biology, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1940
- Science in progress, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1949 (editor)
- The Centennial of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University Press, 1950 (editor)
