Gladwyn Kingsley Noble

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Gladwyn Kingsley Noble (September 20, 1894 – December 9, 1940) was an American zoologist who served as the head curator for the Department of Herpetology and the Department of Experimental Biology at the American Museum of Natural History. Noble received bachelor's and master's degrees from Harvard University in 1917 and 1918, respectively, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1922. He joined the herpetology department in 1922 as a research assistant and assistant curator 1917 and became the chair of the department in 1924. He later formed the Department of Experimental Biology in 1928, and he served as the chair of both departments until his death in 1940 from Ludwig's angina.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

References

↑ Necker, W.L. (1940). "Gladwyn Kingsley Noble (1894-1940): A Herpetological Biography". Herpetologica 2 (2). |accessdate= requires |url= (help)
↑ "More About the Department". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
↑ Gregory, William K. (January 3, 1941). "Gladwyn Kingsley Noble: (September 20, 1894--December 9, 1940)". Science 93 (2401): 10–11. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 2864304 LCCN: no2010020655 ISNI: 0000 0001 0985 6970 SUDOC: 099590425

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Name	Noble, Gladwyn Kingsley
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Short description	American zoologist
Date of birth	September 20, 1894
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Date of death	December 9, 1940
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