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Edwin Grant Conklin
Department of Biology, Emory University Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Son of a country physician, Edwin Grant Conklin grew up in central Ohio and was educated along traditional lines. A decision to enter biology as a profession came only after three years of teaching a variety of subjects in a private school. Graduate study at Johns Hopkins and summer research opportunities at Woods Hole were the doors to a richly productive career as scholar, author and administrator. His research works in embryology and cytology gained him great eminence. An important theme in much of his work was the role of the cytoplasm in development. He wrote extensively on evolution and other subjects of general interest, among them science and religion, and the nature of man.