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.
- Occupation
- zoologist, ornithologist, university teacher, ethologist
- Position held
- foreign government advisor in Meiji Japan
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 14, 1842
