Background
Emerson was born in Ithaca, New New York His father, Alfred Emerson, Senior was an archaeologist and professor at Cornell University, and his mother Alice Edwards Emerson a concert pianist.
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Alfred Edwards
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And in 1925 a Doctor of Philosophy in biology from Cornell University.
Career
He received a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science From 1929 to 1962 he was Professor of Zoology at the University of Chicago. From 1940 to 1976 was Research Associate of the American Museum of Natural History.
In 1941 he served as President of the Ecological Society of America, and in 1958 as President of the Society of Systematic Zoology.
In his obituary Tarbell and Tarbell (1982) stated:
"Until his death he was the leading authority on termites, a restless technical expert who contributed massively to their classification, anatomy, and biogeography. He was also an important contributor to modern ecology, one of the synthesizers of 1940s and 1950"s who brought the large quantities of new data on adaptation, physiology, behavior, and distribution into line with the emerging principles.".
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United States