Charles Stead Thornton

Background

Thornton, Charles Stead was born on July 22, 1910 in Skipton, England, United Kingdom. Son of Stead and Frances Ann (Collier) Thornton.

Education

Came to the United States, 1915, naturalized, 1922. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1932. Master of Arts, Princeton, 1936, Doctor of Philosophy., 1937.

Career

Member faculty Kenyon College, Gambier, O., 1936-1962, professor zoology, department chairman Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1962. Fulbright professor anatomy U. Cairo, 1952, 53. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization lecturer Middle East, 1953.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor articles to professional journals Associate editor Journal Experimental Zoology, 1966-1970, 72. Editor: Regeneration in Vertebrates. 1959

  • Vertebrate Regeneration, 1974.

Membership

Member faculty Kenyon College, Gambier, O., 1936-1962, professor zoology, department chairman Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1962. Fulbright professor anatomy U. Cairo, 1952, 53. Member of advisory board Kellogg Gull Lake Biological Station, 1962.

Member cell biology study section National Institutes of Health, 1964-1968. Member American Society Zoologists (chairman nominating committee development biology 1961-1962). International Society Developmental Biologists, Society Developmental Biology, American Society Antomists, Wilderness Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi.

Connections

Married Mary Grace Tyler, December 29, 1937. Children: Tyler Stead, Patricia Ann, Margaret.

Father:

Stead Thornton

Mother:

Frances Ann (Collier) Thornton

Spouse:

Mary Grace Tyler

child:

Tyler Stead Thornton

child:

Patricia Ann Thornton

child:

Margaret Thornton