Thomas A. Morgan

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf biologist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University
gptkb:University_of_Kentucky
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Darbishire_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1866-09-25
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Lexington,_Kentucky,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:Isabel_Morgan
gptkbp:deathDate 1945-12-04
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Pasadena,_California,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_Keith_Brooks
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Alfred_Sturtevant
gptkb:Calvin_Bridges
gptkb:Curt_Stern
gptkb:Hermann_Joseph_Muller
gptkbp:employer gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:field genetics
zoology
embryology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thomas A. Morgan
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:modern_evolutionary_biology
genetics research
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:chromosome_theory_of_inheritance
Drosophila melanogaster research
linkage and genetic mapping
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1933
discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Alfred_Sturtevant
gptkb:Calvin_Bridges
gptkb:Curt_Stern
gptkb:Hermann_Joseph_Muller
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:A_Critique_of_the_Theory_of_Evolution
gptkb:The_Mechanism_of_Mendelian_Heredity
gptkb:Experimental_Zoology
gptkbp:residence gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Pasadena,_California
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lillian_Vaughan_Sampson
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Personnel_Security_Board_Hearing_of_J._Robert_Oppenheimer
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