Hall of Fame: Franklin Story Conant

Biographical info Name: Franklin Story Conant Born: 21 September 1870, in Boston; Died: 13 September 1897, in Boston, shortly after acquiring Yellow Fever in Jamaica while doing research on cubozoans. PhD: June 1897, Johns Hopkins University. Major Accomplishments: Comprehensive work on the physiology, anatomy, and taxonomy of two species of cubozoans from Jamaica, published posthumously by Berger.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Conant, F.S. 1895. Descriptions of two new chaetognaths. Johns Hopkins University Circulars, No. 119, June, 1895.

Conant, F.S. 1896. Notes on the chaetognaths. Johns Hopkins University Circulars, No. 126, June, 1896.

Conant, F.S. and H.L. Clark. 1896. On the accelerator and inhibitory nerves to the crab's heart. Journal of Experimental Medicine, vol. 1, no. 2.

Conant, F.S. 1897. Notes on the cubomedusae. Johns Hopkins University Circulars, No. 132, November, 1897.

Conant, F.S. 1898. The Cubomedusae. Submitted for the Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University; published 1898 by his colleagues in memorium.

Berger, E. W. 1898. Dr. F.S. Conant's notes on the physiology of the medusa. John's Hopkins University Circ. 18: 9-11.

Berger, E. W. 1900. Physiology and histology of the Cubomedusae, including Dr. F.S. Conant's notes on the physiology. Mem. Biol. Lab. Johns Hopkins Univ. 4(4): 1-84.

 

OBITUARY

Anon. 1898. A biographical sketch. In preface of PhD thesis, pp v-xi.

 

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