Background
King, James Clement was born on February 4, 1904 in Three Rivers, Michigan, United States. Son of Henry Burr and Marie Francoise (Jeandrevin) King.
King, James Clement was born on February 4, 1904 in Three Rivers, Michigan, United States. Son of Henry Burr and Marie Francoise (Jeandrevin) King.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1926. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1933.
With United States Foreign Service, Caracas, Venezuela, 1927—1928. Faculty University Chicago, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Princeton University, Yale University, New Haven, Syracuse University, New York, 1931—1941. Independent research genetics, 1941—1948.
With Long Island Biological Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1949—1958. Faculty Columbia University, New York City, 1958—1962, New York University Medical Center, since 1962. Associate professor microbiology, since 1968.
Fellow: New York Academy of Sciences. Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Study of Evolution, Genetics Society America, American Society Naturalists.
Married Frances Newborg King, March 18, 1932. Children: Geoffrey J., Martha W., Henry N., John B.