George Alfred Baitsell

George Alfred Baitsell

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
Iowa
Died September 24, 1971(1971-09-24)
Winter Park, Florida
Fields Biology
Institutions Yale University
Education B.S. Central University of Iowa 1908, M.A. Yale University 1909[1]
Alma mater Yale University
Thesis Experiments on the reproduction of the Hypotrichous Infusoria[1] (1914)
Spouse Dorothy Morton Horning (1885-1967)
Children John Morton, a daughter of unknown name

George Alfred Baitsell (born 1885 in Iowa, died 24 Sep 1971 in Winter Park, Florida)[2] was an American biologist. He was Professor of biology at the Yale University. He was an official of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and published several science books.

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George Alfred Baitsell was the first son of John Albert Baitsell (1847-1929) and Amanda Clammer (1859-1936); he had a sister, Bessie (died in 1887 three weaks after her birth), and two brothers, John Merrill (1889-1905), and Carl Merrill (born 1891).[3] He and his wife Dorothy Morton Horning (1885-1967) had a son, John Morton, and a daughter.[2]

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