Henry Baldwin Ward

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Henry Baldwin Ward
Born(1865-03-04)March 4, 1865
Troy, New York
DiedNovember 30, 1945(1945-11-30) (aged 80)
Champaign, Illinois
Education
OccupationZoologist
Spouse
Harriet Cecilia Blair
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(m. 1894)​
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Henry Baldwin Ward (4 March 1865 – 30 November 1945) was an American

parasitologist.[1] He was the founder and first president of The American Society of Parasitologists, and founder-editor of the Journal of Parasitology
.

Biography

Ward was born on March 4, 1865, in

Freiburg, and Leipzig, and in biological facilities at Naples, Heligoland, and Villefranche-sur-Mer.[2] He got his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1892.[3]

He accepted a job as

University of Illinois, where he got his Emeritus Professor title in 1933. He remained there until his death at his home in Champaign on November 30, 1945.[5][6]

Besides his zoology work, Ward also made contributions to phycology and parasitology. He founded the Journal of Parasitology in 1914,[1] and was the first president of The American Society of Parasitologists (ASP). The Ward Medal of the ASP, established in 1959, is named in his honor.[7] He was permanent secretary of the American Association for the Advancement of Science from 1933 to 1937, continuing as its executive committee member till 1941.[8]

He married Harriet Cecilia Blair on September 11, 1894, and they had two children.[2]

A prominent conservationist, he was president of the Izaak Walton League from 1928 to 1929.[6][9]

The standard author abbreviation H.B.Ward is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[10]

References

  1. ^
    JSTOR 3272683
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  2. ^ a b c d The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XIII. James T. White & Company. 1906. p. 150. Retrieved August 20, 2020 – via Google Books.
  3. ^
    S2CID 35730668
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  4. ^ Ward, Henry (August 1, 1896). "A Biological Examination of Lake Michigan in the Traverse Bay Region". Studies from the Zoological Laboratory: The University of Nebraska (Paper 14). Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  5. Smithsonian Institution Archives
    . Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Conservationist Dies". The Dispatch. Champaign. UP. December 1, 1945. p. 13. Retrieved August 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Henry Baldwin Ward Medal". Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  8. PMID 14032553
    .
  9. ^ "National Presidents and Convention Locations". Izaak Walton League. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  10. ^ International Plant Names Index.  H.B.Ward.
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