Born: 19-Oct-1856
Birthplace: Geneva, IL
Died: 3-Mar-1939
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Biologist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Cell in Development and Inheritance

Father: Isaac Wilson
Mother: Caroline Clark Wilson
Wife: Anne Maynard Kidder (m. 1904, one daughter)
Daughter: Nancy

    University: Antioch College
    University: University of Chicago
    University: PhB, Yale University (1878)
    University: PhD, Johns Hopkins University (1881)
    Teacher: Williams College (1883-84)
    Teacher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1884-85)
    Professor: Biology, Bryn Mawr College (1885-91)
    Professor: Biology, Columbia University (1891-97)
    Professor: Zoology, Columbia University (1897-)

Author of books:
An Introduction to General Biology (1887, with W. T. Sedgwick)
The Embryology of the Earthworm (1889)
Amphioxus, and the Mosaic Theory of Development (1893)
Atlas of Fertilization and Karyokinesis (1895)
The Cell in Development and Inheritance (1896)
The Physical Basis of Life (1923)

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