Raymond Pearl ( born Raymond Pearl - Pearl ; June 3, 1879 , Farmington , New Hampshire , USA - November 17, 1940 , Hershey , PA , USA ) - American biologist , demographer and statistician .
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Biography
Born June 3, 1879 in Farmington. In 1902 he graduated from the University of Michigan and remained there as a researcher until 1906. In 1906 he moved to Maine , a year later he was hired by an agricultural station, where he headed the department until 1918. From 1918 to 1925, he served as professor of biometrics and population statistics, then professor of biology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore . Retired since the 1930s.
He died on November 17, 1940 in Hershey.
Scientific work
The main scientific works are devoted to biometrics and human biology.
Society Memberships
- President of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (1928-31).
- President of several other scientific societies.
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 11769276X // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Pearl Raymond // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ed. A. M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1969.
Literature
- TSB. — 3rd ed. In the 30th vol. — M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1970–78.
- Biologists. Biographical reference book. - Kiev: Science. Dumka, 1984.— 816 p.: silt