Background
John Sterling was born on April 7, 1853, in Cincinnatus, New York, United States. Son of Lewis and Julia A. (Kingman) Kingsley.
John Sterling was born on April 7, 1853, in Cincinnatus, New York, United States. Son of Lewis and Julia A. (Kingman) Kingsley.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1875. Doctor of Science, Princeton, 1885. University of Freiburg, 1891-1892.
Curator, Peabody Academy Science, 1876-1878. Assistant, United States Entomological Commission, 1877-1880. Curator, Worcester Natural History Society, 1881-1882.
Professor zoölogy, Indiana U., 1887-1889. Professor biology, University of Nebraska, 1889-1891, Tufts College, 1892-1913. Professor zoölogy, University of Illinois, 1913-1921, now emeritus.
Editor of Standard Natural History, 1882-1886, American Naturalist, 1884-1896, Journal of Morphology, 1910-1920. Author: Elements of Comparative Zoölogy, 1896. Vertebrate Zoölogy, 1899.
Guides for Vertebrate Dissection, 1907. Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates, 1912, 3d edit., 1926. Vertebrate Skeleton, 1925.
Translator: Hertwig’s Manual of Zoölogy, 1902, revised 1912. Home: 2500 Cedar St., Berkeley, California.
Married Mary Emma Read, January 31, 1882.