History of Waldo, (Marion County) Ohio United States of America

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Edwin Grant Conklin Biographical Sketch

Edwin Grant Conklin, educator, was born in Waldo, Ohio, Nov. 24, 1863; son of Abram and Maria (Hull) Conklin; and grandson of Jacob Conklin and of Col. Nathaniel Hull. He was graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan university, B.S. in 1885, and B.A. in 1886, and was professor in Rust university, Holly Springs, Miss., 1886-88. The following three years he spent at Johns Hopkins university, being appointed in 1889 assistant in the biological laboratory and in 1890 a fellow in biology. In the summer of 1892 he was made a member of the corps of instructors in charge of the Marine biological laboratory at Woods Hall. He held the chair of biology at the Ohio Wesleyan university, 1891-94, and that of zoology at the Northwestern university, 1894-96. In 1896 he accepted the chair of comparative embryology in the University of Pennsylvania. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins university in 1891. He is author of many valuable scientific papers, and of several popular works on biology.

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