About Edith Grace White
Lived 1890 – 1975 (aged 85). Edith Grace White was an American zoologist, ichthyologist, biologist and university teacher.
Edith Grace White (May 16, 1890 – December 1, 1975) was an American zoologist known for her studies of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays). She was a professor of biology at Wilson College, and was a research associate of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Education and career White was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 16, 1890. She earned a bachelor's degree at Mount Holyoke College. She went on to Columbia University for her graduate education, receiving an AM in 1913, and a PhD in 1918. Her thesis was titled The origin of the electric organs in Astroscopus guttatus.
White published widely used textbooks on genetics and on general biology. Revised edition of Principles of Genetics, published by C.V. Mosby.
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American zoologist (1890-1975)
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Edith Grace White was born on 16 May 1890 in Boston.
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Edith Grace White died on 1 December 1975.
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Edith Grace White was a zoologist, ichthyologist, biologist and university teacher.
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