Ross granville harrison biography for kids

American biologist (1870–1959)

Ross Granville Harrison (January 13, 1870 – September 30, 1959) was an American biologist and anatomist credited for his pioneering work on animal tissue culture.

His work also contributed to the understanding of embryonic development. Harrison studied in many places around the world and made a career as a university professor. He was also a member of many learned societies and received several awards for his contributions to anatomy and biology.

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Education

Harrison received his early schooling in Baltimore, where his family had moved from Germantown, Philadelphia. Announcing in his mid teens a resolve to study medicine, he entered Johns Hopkins University in 1886, receiving his BA degree in 1889 at the age of nineteen.

In 1890, he worked as a laboratory assistant for the United States Fish Commission in Woods Hole, Massachusetts,^[2] studying the embryology of the oyster with his close friend E. G. Conklin an