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Frank R. Lillie

Frank Rattray Lillie
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Lillie in 1893
Born June 27, 1870
Toronto, Ontario
Died November 5, 1947 (1947-11-06) (aged 77)
Chicago, Illinois
Nationality United States
Fields Zoology
Institutions University of Michigan
Vassar College
University of Chicago
National Academy of Sciences
United States National Research Council
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Alma mater University of Toronto
Influenced Warder Clyde Allee
Ernest Everett Just
Notable awards Alexander Agassiz Medal (1939)

Frank Rattray Lillie (June 27, 1870 – November 5, 1947) was an American zoologist and an early pioneer of the study of embryology. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lillie moved to the United States in 1891 to study for a summer at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Lillie formed a lifelong association with the laboratory, eventually rising to become its director in 1908. His efforts developed the MBL into a full-time institution.

Lillie was appointed an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago in 1900. He was named Chairman of the Department of Zoology in 1910 and Dean of the Division of Biological Sciences in 1931. His research there was instrumental in the development of the field of embryology. He identified the influence of potassium on cell differentiation and elucidated the biological mechanisms behind free-martins. Lillie was instrumental in founding the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and served as its first president. He also served at times as the chairman of the National Academy of Sciences and the United States National Research Council.

Frank Rattray Lillie was born on June 27, 1870 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His father was a wholesale druggist and accountant. After attending a laboratory school as a youth, Lillie enrolled at the University of Toronto. Originally intending to study theology, Lillie came under the tutelage of Robert Ramsay Wright and Archibald Macallum, who influenced Lillie to study endocrinology and embryology. Lillie graduated in 1891 and moved to the United States. He accepted a summer position at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, then became a fellow in zoology at Clark University, where he studied under Charles Otis Whitman.


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