Charles Atwood Kofoid (11 October 1865 – 30 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.
Charles Atwood Kofoid | |
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| Born | October 11, 1865 |
| Died | May 30, 1947 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | Marine biology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology |
| Notable students | S. F. Light, Harold Kirby |
Kofoid also wrote a volume on the biological stations of Europe.[1]
In 1920, Kofoid and US zoologist Olive Swezy (1873-1968),[3] published Pavillardia Kof. & Swezy 1920 (a genus of dinoflagellates) in Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. pages 323-324. It was named in honour of Jules Pavillard.[4]
In 1921, Kofoid and Olive Swezy, wrote a book about unarmored dinoflagellates in La Jolla, California, in which they described a new genus called Torodinium (with Torodinium robustum and the type species Torodinium teredo).[5] They also published Gyrodinium, which is a genus of dinoflagellates belonging to the order Gymnodiniales in 'Memoirs of the University of California'. vol.5.[6]
In 1929, botanist Pavillard first described Kofoidinium, which is a genus of dinoflagellates belonging to the family Kofoidiniaceae.[7]
Kofoid was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1913,[8] the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1922,[9] and the American Philosophical Society in 1924.[10]
References
edit- ^ Kofoid, C. A. (1910). The Biological Stations of Europe. US Bureau of Education.
- ^ Duncan, P. Martin; Duncan, P. Martin (1882). Infusoria. [s.l.]
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Olive Swezy, US zoologist - Stock Image - C037/2025". Science Photo Library. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ Kofoid, C.A. and Swezy, O. 1921: The free-living unarmored dinoflagellate. University of California Press, Berkeley, California, USA
- ^ "Gyrodinium Kofoid & Swezy, 1921". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Kofoidinium Pavillard, 1929 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Charles Atwood Kofoid". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- ^ "Charles A. Kofoid". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
Other sources
edit- Taylor, F J (August 1999). "Charles Atwood Kofoid and his dinoflagellate tabulation system: an appraisal and evaluation of the phylogenetic value of tabulation". Protist. 150 (2): 213–20. doi:10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70023-4. PMID 10505420.
- "IN MEMORIAM: Charles Atwood Kofoid (1865-1947)". J. Parasitol. 39 (1): 108. February 1953. PMID 13035591.
External links
edit- Kofoid, Charles A. (Charles Atwood) Papers at The Bancroft Library
- Charles Atwood Kofoid Papers, SMC 24. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
- National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
- [1] Critical biography of Kofoid "The good, the bad, and the ugly" published in the European Journal of Protistology
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