442 READINGS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE 



Holmes, dr. s. j. 

 Professor of Zoology, University of California. He has done much research in 

 the molluscs, in embryology, evolution and genetics and is well known for his 

 late work in the new field of eugenics. An eminent scholar. 



HOWELLS, DR. W. W. 



Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin. Dr. Howells 

 formerly held positions at Hunter College and the American Museum of 

 Natural History. He is working in the fields of racial history, and the anthro- 

 pology of populations. 



Hunt, dr. willis r. 

 Lafayette College. He has done work on the rust fungi and the bacteria. 



Huxley, julian 



Grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley, champion of Darwin, and brother of 

 Aldous Huxley. Julian Huxley was Professor of Zoology at King's College, 

 London and Fullerian Professor of Physiology at the Royal Institution. It is 

 not well-known but he also taught at our own Rice Institute for four years. 

 He is active in the Zoological Society in London, Institute of Animal Behavior, 

 Eugenics Society and is associated with the Encyclopedia Britannica. He has 

 written or co-authored about twenty-eight books. 



Huxley, thomas h. 



Huxley was an English scientist who lived from 182 5- 1895. He is renowned 

 chiefly for his staunch support of Charles Darwin and his vigorous and skillful 

 defense of Darwin's views on evolution. However he did a vast amount of 

 original work in morphology and paleontology and therefore can be called a 

 scientist in his own right. 



IlTIS, dr. HUGO 



Profesor of Biology, Mary Washington College. Dr. litis was born in Briinn, 

 Czechoslovakia (sometimes spelled Brno) the place where Mendel did his 

 epochal work. Of course Brno was formerly in Austria. He has devoted his 

 life to a study of Mendel. 



JaFFE, BERNARD 



Head of the Department of Physical Science, James Madison High School, 

 Brooklyn, N.Y. Mr. Jaffe is the author of six textbooks in science and numerous 

 articles. He won the International Francis Bacon Gold Medal for his work 

 in humanizing knowledge. His books have been translated into several lan- 

 guages including Braille. 



Johnson, dean victor e. 



Dean of students in Biology and Medicine, University of Chicago. Dr. John- 

 son holds both the Ph.D. and M.D. degrees and is an authority on the circu- 

 latory system. 



KiENAST, MARGATE 



Author, editor, educational advisor, United States Forest Service. 



KrOGMAN, dr. WILTON MARION 



Anthropologist and Anatomist, University of Chicago. He is interested par- 

 ticularly in the comparison of growth in face and skull, racial differences in 

 human anatomy, and in child development. 



Large, e. c. 



Large is an English author and like several of his countrymen has succeeded 

 in bringing a deep subject into focus for the laymen. 



