Charles Atwood Kofoid

Charles Atwood Kofoid (11 October 1865 30 May 1947) was an American zoologist known for his collection and classification of many new species of marine protozoans which established marine biology on a systematic basis.

Charles Atwood Kofoid
Born(1865-10-11)October 11, 1865
DiedMay 30, 1947(1947-05-30) (aged 81)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
Known forMarine biology
Scientific career
FieldsZoology

Kofoid also wrote a volume on the biological stations of Europe.

References

  • Taylor, F J (August 1999). "Charles Atwood Kofoid and his dinoflagellate tabulation system: an appraisal and evaluation of the phylogenetic value of tabulation". Protist. 150 (2): 213–20. doi:10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70023-4. PMID 10505420.
  • "IN MEMORIAM: Charles Atwood Kofoid (1865-1947)". J. Parasitol. 39 (1): 108. February 1953. PMID 13035591.
  • Kofoid, C. A. (1910). The Biological Stations of Europe. US Bureau of Education.


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