Edwin Grant Conklin was born in Waldo, Ohio, in 

 1863. He holds degrees from Ohio Wesleyan University, 

 Johns Hopkins University, the University of Pennsylvania and 

 Western Reserve University. From 1891 to 1894 ^^ was Pro- 

 fessor of Biology at Ohio Wesleyan, Then he taught succes- 

 sively at Northwestern and the University of Pennsylvania, 

 Since 1908 he has been at Princeton; and is now Professor of 

 Biology at that university. He is a member of many societies 

 organized to promote the natural sciences in this country and 

 in Europe. He has written widely, with such subjects as, 

 Heredity and Environment, Mechanism of Evolution, Science 

 and the Faith of the Modern, The Future of Evolution, The 

 Revolt Against Darwin, Biology and Democracy, and so on. 

 Dr. Conklin is one of the best known biologists of our time. 



