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This week’s #SundayScientistShoutout is African-American American zoologist and animal behavior scientist Dr. Charles Henry Turner (1867-1923)!
Turner studied insect behavior, navigation, and animal physiology. The first recorded African-American to do so.
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Turner studied insect behavior, navigation, and animal physiology. The first recorded African-American to do so.
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Turner was born in 1867 to newly freed slaves. He in Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating as valedictorian. Hw ent on to earn his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Cincinnati.
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In 1907 he earned his Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Chicago and was the first African-American to earn these advanced degrees from each institution.
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Turner published 70+ papers, a pioneer for techniques to study animal behavior like insects can hear.
He was the first to discover insects can alter behavior based on previous experiences and this capable of learning.
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He was the first to discover insects can alter behavior based on previous experiences and this capable of learning.
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Two of his most famous discoveries...
1) honey bees can see in color.
2) honey bees recognize patterns.
These findings showed that insects were capable of learning.
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1) honey bees can see in color.
2) honey bees recognize patterns.
These findings showed that insects were capable of learning.
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Turner used mazes and experiments to navigation and basic problem-solving in invertebrate learning.
He developed novel methods to study pattern and color recognition in honeybees, one of the first to study Pavlovian conditioning with invertebrates.
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He developed novel methods to study pattern and color recognition in honeybees, one of the first to study Pavlovian conditioning with invertebrates.
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Turner was one of the first behavioral scientists to pay close attention to the use of controls and variables in experiments.
His work on invertebrate behavior appeared in important publications as Psychological Bulletin and J. of Animal Behavior.
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His work on invertebrate behavior appeared in important publications as Psychological Bulletin and J. of Animal Behavior.
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In 1910, Turner was elected a member of the St. Louis Academy of Sciences, where his research would grow more complex, even with lacking institutional support.
He was also asked often to contribute review articles to journals.
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He was also asked often to contribute review articles to journals.
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While making scientific advancements, Turner was also a dedicated civil rights advocate.
He argued education was KEY to ending racism, working at historically black colleges & schools, even with often lower pay and fewer resources.
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He argued education was KEY to ending racism, working at historically black colleges & schools, even with often lower pay and fewer resources.
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He served as a civic leader in St. Louis, Missouri’s African American community, and was a director of the Colored Branch, St. Louis YMCA.
Contributing articles to local & national publications on racial equality and education.
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Contributing articles to local & national publications on racial equality and education.
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Turner had a lifelong commitment to civil rights, first publishing on it in 1897 and again in 1902.
He was an avid leader in his community and a strong supporter that everyone should be educated.
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He was an avid leader in his community and a strong supporter that everyone should be educated.
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After passing in 1923, the first school for African American disabled children, named Charles Henry Turner Open Air School for Crippled Children, was founded, later Turner Middle School in St. Louis.
A children’s book was so written about Turner ( http://bit.ly/cht_book )!
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A children’s book was so written about Turner ( http://bit.ly/cht_book )!
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In 1962, Clark College, where he taught 1893-1905, named Turner-Tanner Hall in his memory.
Turner’s scientific work, civil rights dedication, and service to education is a phenomenal legacy.
An amazing #SundayScientistShoutout!
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Turner’s scientific work, civil rights dedication, and service to education is a phenomenal legacy.
An amazing #SundayScientistShoutout!
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