Thomas Hunt Morgan

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:John_J._Carty_Award_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Darbaker_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1866-09-25
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Lexington,_Kentucky,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:Isabel_Morgan
gptkbp:deathDate 1945-12-04
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Pasadena,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_Keith_Brooks
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Mary_Lyon
gptkb:Theodosius_Dobzhansky
gptkb:Alfred_Sturtevant
gptkb:Calvin_Bridges
gptkb:Curt_Stern
gptkb:Hermann_Joseph_Muller
Charlotte Auerbach
gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University
gptkb:University_of_Kentucky
gptkbp:employer gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:fieldOfWork evolutionary biology
genetics
embryology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thomas Hunt Morgan
gptkbp:influenced evolutionary synthesis
modern genetics
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:chromosomal_theory_of_inheritance
linkage mapping
work with fruit flies
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation for his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1933
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:chromosome_theory_of_inheritance
Drosophila melanogaster experiments
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
biologist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:signature Thomas Hunt Morgan signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lillian_Vaughan_Sampson
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Carnegie_Institution_of_Washington
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