Background
Harvey, Edmund Newton was born on November 25, 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Althea Ann (Newton) Harvey.
Harvey, Edmund Newton was born on November 25, 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Althea Ann (Newton) Harvey.
Graduate Germantown (Pennsylvania) Academy, 1905. B. Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1909. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1911.
Instructor physiology Princeton. 1911-1915, assistant professor, 1915-1919, professor 1919-1933, H. F. Osborn professor, since 1933. Visiting lecturer in biilogy Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1940-1941.
Trustee Bermuda Biological Station.
Vice president, trustee Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Visiting lecturer Institute de Biofisica, Rio de Janeiro, 1946.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Naturalists, American Society Biological Chemists, American Physiological Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Zoölogists, Growth Society, National Geography Society, American Association University Professors, New York Academy Sciences, Society American Bacteriologists, Botanical Society American, Harvey Society, American Philos Society, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences Boston, International Society of Cell Biology (vice president 1947-1950), National Research Council, Sigma Xi.
Married Ethel Nicholson Browne, March 12, 1916. Children: Edmund Newton, Richard Bennet.