History of Cincinnatus, (Cortland County) New York United States of America

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John Sterling Kingsley Biography

John Sterling Kingsley, biologist, was born at Cincinnatus, N.Y., April 7,1854; son of Lewis and Julia A. (Kingman) Kingsley; grandson of Benjamin B. and Rachel (Clark) Kingsley and of Oliver and Betsey (Brown) Kingman, and a descendant of John Kingsley, who settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay colony, in 1635. He was graduated from Williams college, Mass., A.B., 1875, and from the College of New Jersey, Sc.D., 1885, and later studied at the University of Freiburg, Germany. He was professor of zo?logy at the University of Indiana, 1887-89; of biology at the University of Nebraska, 1889-91, and accepted the chair of biology at Tufts college, Mass., in 1892. He was married, Jan. 81, 1882, to Mary Emma, daughter of John Franklin and Caroline Louise (Chase) Read of Salem, Mass. He edited Standard Natural History (6 vols., 1884), and the American Naturalist (1886-96), and is the author of: Elements of Comparative Zo?logy (1897); Vertebrate Zo?logy (1899), and contributions to scientific periodicals.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor