About Henry Van Peters Wilson
Lived 1863 – 1939 (aged 75–76). Henry Van Peters Wilson was an American zoologist.
Henry Van Peters Wilson (1863–1939) was a professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Biology. In 1907 he demonstrated that silicate sponges have the ability to re-form into functional creatures after the individual cells have been dissociated from one another by mechanical means (sieving through a fine silk mesh).
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Who was Henry Van Peters Wilson?
US zoologist (1863-1939)
When was Henry Van Peters Wilson born?
Henry Van Peters Wilson was born in 1863 in Baltimore.
When did Henry Van Peters Wilson die?
Henry Van Peters Wilson died in 1939.
What was Henry Van Peters Wilson's occupation?
Henry Van Peters Wilson was a zoologist.
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Henry Van Peters Wilson was American.
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