About Sterling Emerson
Lived 1900 – 1988 (aged 87). Sterling Emerson was a botanist and geneticist.
Sterling Howard Emerson was an American geneticist. Emerson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1951.
Life
Sterling Howard Emerson was born on October 29, 1900 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Rollins Adams Emerson and Harriet Hardin. 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. Their children were Ann K Emerson (married geneticist John Fincham) and S Jonathan Emerson.
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Who was Sterling Emerson?
American geneticist
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Sterling Emerson was born on 29 October 1900.
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Sterling Emerson died on 2 May 1988.
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Sterling Emerson was a botanist and geneticist.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Sterling Howard Emerson
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Sterling Emerson. https://biography.guide/sterling-emerson/
MLA: "Sterling Emerson." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/sterling-emerson/.
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