Charles Benedict Davenport

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Charles_Benedict_Davenport
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:author gptkb:Heredity_in_Relation_to_Eugenics
gptkb:The_Family_History_Book
Statistical Methods with Special Reference to Biological Variation
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Elliott_Cresson_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1866-06-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Stamford,_Connecticut,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:Millicent_Todd_Bingham
gptkbp:deathDate 1944-02-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cold_Spring_Harbor,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_Gilson_Farlow
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Genetics_(journal)
gptkb:Journal_of_Experimental_Zoology
gptkbp:field biology
eugenics
genetics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Benedict Davenport
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Harry_H._Laughlin
eugenics movement in the United States
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Francis_Galton
gptkb:Gregor_Mendel
gptkbp:knownFor research in genetics
promoting eugenics in the United States
founding the Eugenics Record Office
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Harry_H._Laughlin
gptkb:Herbert_Spencer_Jennings
gptkbp:occupation biologist
eugenicist
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Unitarianism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cold_Spring_Harbor,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:signature Charles Benedict Davenport signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Gertrude_Crotty_Davenport
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Cold_Spring_Harbor_Laboratory
gptkb:Eugenics_Record_Office
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eugenics:_The_Science_of_Human_Improvement_by_Better_Breeding
gptkb:Gertrude_Crotty_Davenport
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8