Background
Blakeslee, Albert Francis was born on November 9, 1874 in Geneseo, New York, United States. Son of Francis Durbin and Augusta Mirenda (Hubbard) Blakeslee.
Blakeslee, Albert Francis was born on November 9, 1874 in Geneseo, New York, United States. Son of Francis Durbin and Augusta Mirenda (Hubbard) Blakeslee.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1896, Doctor of Science, 1931. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1900, Doctor of Philosophy, 1904 (Bowdoin medal, 1905). Doctor of Science, University of San Marcos (Peru), 1925.
Doctor of Science, University of Delhi (India), 1947.
Doctor of Laws, University of Arkansas, 1947. Doctor of Science, Yale University, 1947.
Wesleyan University, 1931, Paris, Sorbonne, France, 1951, Smith College, 1952.
Assistant botany Harvard, 1899-1900. Instructor botany, Radcliffe College, 1900-1902. Teaching fellow, Harvard, 1901-1903.
Assistant in botany, Summer School of Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, 1901-1902.
Collector in Venezuela for the Cryptogamic Herbarium of Harvard, summer of 1903. Investigator in Europe for Carnegie Institution, 1904-1906.
Instructor botany, Harvard, 1906-1907. Director Summer school and professor botany, Connecticut Agricultural College, September, 1907-1914, professor botany and genetics, 1914-1915.
Resident investigator, Carnegie Station for Experimental Evolution, Cold Spring Harbor, 1912-1913, in plant genetics 1915-1941, assistant director department, 1923-1934, acting director, 1934-1935, director, 1936-1941, associate in Genetics, Columbia University, 1940-1942.
William Allan Nellson research professor of botany, Smith College, 1942-1943, visiting professor and director Smith College Genetics Experiment Station, since 1943. Visiting lecturer at Harvard University, 1948-1949. Delaware Carnegie Institution to 3d Pan-American Scientific Congress.
Lima, 1924-1925.
Delegate of American Association for the Advancement of Science to Indian Science Congress, 1946-1948. Member division biology and agriculture, National Research Council, 1931-1933. Member board of managers New York Botanical Garden, 1933-1934, director National Science Fund.
Trustee Biological Abstracts, 1931-1946, president, 1942-1946.
Member division biology and agriculture, National Research Council, 1931-1933. Member board of managers New York Botanical Garden, 1933-1934, director National Science Fund.
Married to Margaret Dickson Bridges, June 26, 1919 (deceased).