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Biography of Florence Rena SabinName: Florence Rena SabinBirth Date: November 9, 1871 Death Date: October 3, 1953 Place of Birth: Central City, Colorado, United States Nationality: American Gender: Female Occupations: anatomist Florence Rena Sabin Florence Rena Sabin's (1871-1953) studies of the central nervous system of newborn infants, the origin of the lymphatic system, and the immune system's responses to infections--especially by the bacterium that causes tuberculosis--carved an important niche for her in the annals of science. She also researched and taught at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Rockefeller University.In addition to her contributions to science, Florence Sabin's later work as a public health administrator left a permanent imprint upon the communities in which she served. Some of the firsts achieved by Sabin include becoming the first woman faculty member at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, as well as its first female full professor, and the first woman to be elected president of the American Association of Anatomists.Sabin was born on November 9, 1871, in Central City, Colorado, to George Kimball Sabin, a mining engineer and son of a country doctor, and Serena …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…American black leaderCalvin Coolidge (1872-1933) American presidentBertrand Russell (1872-1970) British mathematician and philosopherGrigori Rasputin (1872-1916) Russian mysticRoald Amundsen (1872-1928) Norwegian explorerDorothy Mendenhall (1874-1964) American obstetrician and researcherCarl Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychologistHenry Dale (1875-1968) British physiologistSelected world events:1872: Yellowstone National Park was created1889: The Wall Street Journal began publication1894: Audiences viewed the world's first motion picture1898: The U.S. annexed Hawaii1907: New Zealand gained independence from England1916: Jeanette Rankin became the first U.S. Congresswoman1926: Josef Stalin became dictator of the Soviet Union1934: Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were killed in a shootout with lawmen1943: The Pentagon was completed in Arlington, Virginia1945: Adolf Hitlercommitted suicide in Berlin Further Reading booksBluemel, Elinor, Florence Sabin: Colorado Woman of the Century, University of Colorado Press, 1959.Kronstadt, Janet, Florence Sabin, Chelsea House, 1990.McMaster, Philip D. and Michael Heidelberger, "Florence Rena Sabin," in Biographical Memoirs, Columbia University Press, 1960.Yost, Edna, American Women of Science, Frederick A. Stokes, 1943.periodicalsRocky Mountain News (Denver, CO), March 1, 1951. |