Vernon Lynch was born in Baltinore on Fay 17, IR'^'S. 

 After a preliminary education in the public schools of 

 Baltimore, he entered the Johns Hopkins University in 

 1910, and was graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1914. 

 The year 1914-15 he spent as a graduate student in 

 Physiology at Johns Hopkins, and the following year was 

 Fellow in Physiological Chemistry at the University of 

 Chicago. In 1916, he resumed his studies at the Johns 

 Hopkins University as an assistant in physiology and 

 candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. 



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