Charles Atwood Kofoid

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Charles Atwood Kofoid
Charles Atwood Kofoid
Charles Atwood Kofoid
Born 11 October 1865
Granville
Died 30 May 1947
Berkeley, California
Nationality United States
Fields zoology
Alma mater Harvard University
Known for marine biology

Charles Atwood Kofoid(11 October 186530 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.

[edit] References

  • Taylor, F J (Aug. 1999). "Charles Atwood Kofoid and his dinoflagellate tabulation system: an appraisal and evaluation of the phylogenetic value of tabulation". Protist 150 (2): 213-20. PMID 10505420. 
  • "IN MEMORIAM: Charles Atwood Kofoid (1865-1947)" (Feb. 1953). J. Parasitol. 39 (1): 108. PMID 13035591.