Charles Otis Whitman
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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.
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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.
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