Bentley Knell

Hiram Bentley Glass (January 17th, 1906 - January 16th, 2005) was an American geneticist and a remarkable chronicler. Born in China from parents missionnaires.
The writings of Doctor Glass were bequeathed and are consultable with the American Philosophical Society.

University course and Titles

It made its secondary studies at the university of Baylor in Texas. It continued then its education at the University of Texas, where it accepted its Doctorate of Philosophy, under the direction of the geneticist Hermann Joseph Muller. Its first important university station was at the university Johns Hopkins, whereas he was also regular chronicler for the daily newspaper “Baltimore Evening Sun”.

In 1965, Glass became vice-president and professor of biology at the University of state of New York de Stony Brook.

During its scientific long career, it accepted many university titles of distinction, among which:

Editor association of The Quarterly Review off Biology, 1944-1986
Editor association of Science, 1953
President of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (American Institute off Biological Sciences - AIBS), 1954-1956
President of the chapter of Maryland of the American Union of the Civil liberties Civil American Liberties Union (ACLU), 1955-1965
President of the American Association of Professors d' Université (American Association off University Professors AAUP), 1958-1960
Chairman of the board of Biological Sciences Curriculum vitae Study (BSCS), 1959-1965
President of American Society off Human Genetics (ASHG), 1967
President of the Phi Kappa Beta, 1967-1970
President of American Association for the Advancement off Science (AAAS), 1969
President of the National Association off Biology Teachers (NABT), 1971

Selective bibliography

Bentley Knell Progress gold Catastrophe: Natural The off Biological Science and Its Impact one Human Society (Praeger Publishers, 1985). ISBN 0-275-90107-6
Bentley Knell, Owsei Temkin, William L., Jr. Straus Forerunners off Darwin, 1745-1859 (The Johns Hopkins University Near, 1968) ISBN 0-8018-0222-9
Bentley Knell " Ethical Basis off Science" (Haifa, Technion-Israel Institute off Technology, 1969)
Bentley Knell " Science and ethical values" (Greenwood Near, 1981)

External bonds

an article which gives a fast outline of the diversity of its contributions and centers of interest (in English): H. Bentley Knell, Provocative Theorist Science, Is Dead At 98 (Files of the New York Times).
Audra Wolfe. " Bentley Knell, Century' S Son." Mendel Newsletter n.s. 12 (2003). With publication off the American Philosophical Society Library.
H. Bentley Knell, biologist college administrator; At 98, in English

Random links: