Background
STILES, Charles Wardell was born on May 15, 1867 in Spring Valley, New York, United States. Son of Samuel Martin and Elizabeth (White) Stiles.
STILES, Charles Wardell was born on May 15, 1867 in Spring Valley, New York, United States. Son of Samuel Martin and Elizabeth (White) Stiles.
Wesleyan University, Connecticut. 1885-1886, honorary Master of Science, 1896, I).Sc., 1906. College, de France, 1886-1887.
University of Berlin, 1889. University of Leipzig, Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, 1890. Trieste Zoological Station, 1891.
Pasteur Institute, and College, de France, 1891. University of North Carolina, Doctor of Laws, 1912. Richmond, Virginia. College, honorary Doctor of Medicine, 1913.
Yale, Doctor of Science, 1915.
He was notable for working on a campaign against hookworm infestation in the American South, where it had been found to cause high rates of anemia, a debilitating disease. In 1891, he continued his education at the zoological station in Trieste and at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. He obtained his doctorate in Leipzig under the direction of parasitologist Rudolf Leuckart (1822–1898).
He taught classes in medical zoology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and at Georgetown University.
He also worked as a zoologist for the United States. government at the Bureau of Animal Industry in the Department of Agriculture (1891–1902), and was later chief zoologist at the Hygienic Laboratory of the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service (1902–1931). In addition, he helped establish the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease.
Stiles is remembered for his investigations of parasitic diseases such as trichinosis and hookworm. While working at the Department of Agriculture, he identified a new species of hookworm called Necator americanus.
In the early part of the 20th century, he was scientific adviser to the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission.
He worked on a campaign for the eradication of hookworm, especially in the American South. He also dealt with health and sanitation issues that involved miners and cotton mill workers. Stiles was secretary of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, a group involved in setting standards for zoological classifications.
Member: Biological, Helminthological and Medical Society of Washington. North Carolina Academy, of Sciences. American Parasitologists.
Philadelphia Academy Sciences. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Delta Phi.
Theta Nu Epsilon; Societe de Biologie. Academie de Medecine. Club: Cosmos.
Spouse Virginia Baker, June 1897.
