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About Charles Otis Whitman
Charles Otis Whitman was an American zoologist, who was influential to the founding of classical ethology. In 1888, he was the founding director of the Marine Biological Laboratory. A dedicated educator who preferred to teach a few research students at a time, he made major contributions in the areas of evolution and embryology of worms, comparative anatomy, heredity, and animal behaviour. He was known as the "Father of Zoology" in Japan.
Everything about Charles Otis Whitman →- Occupation
- zoologist, ornithologist, university teacher, ethologist
- Position held
- foreign government advisor in Meiji Japan
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 14, 1842
- Died
- December 6, 1910