Frank B. Livingstone (December 8, 1928 – March 21, 2005) was an American biological anthropologist.
Frank B. Livingstone | |
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| Born | December 8, 1928 Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | March 21, 2005 (aged 76) Springfield, Ohio, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Relatives | Guy P. Livingstone (father) Margery Brown Livingstone (mother) |
Early life and education edit
Livingstone was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, to Guy P. Livingstone and Margery Brown Livingstone.[1] He graduated from Winchester High School in 1946 and earned his bachelor's degree in Mathematics at Harvard University in 1950.[1][2] He completed a doctoral degree in 1957 and joined the University of Michigan’s anthropology faculty in 1959 where he became Professor Emeritus of Biological Anthropology.[1][3]
Career edit
Livingstone's primary area of research was genetic variation in modern human populations.[2] For his groundbreaking work on sickle cell anemia, Livingstone was awarded the Martin Luther King Award from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.[1][2] After his retirement in 1998, Livingstone was awarded the Charles R. Darwin Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA).[1] In 2002, a symposium was held in his honor at the annual meeting of the AAPA in Buffalo, New York.[3]
Death edit
Livingstone died on March 21, 2005, in Springfield, Ohio, due to complications from Parkinson's disease.[1]
Bibliography edit
- Abnormal Hemoglobin in Human Populations (Aldine Press, 1967)
- Data on the Abnormal Hemoglobin's and Glucose-Six-Phosphate Deficiency in Human Populations (1973)
- Frequencies of Hemoglobin Variants: Thalassemia, The Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency, G6PD Variants, and Ovalocytosis in Human Populations (Oxford University Press, 1985)
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f "Obituary for Frank B. Livingstone". Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), University of Michigan. - ^ a b c "Biography of the Anthropologist Frank B. Livingstone". Archived from the original on June 3, 2010. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Minnesota State University. - ^ a b Vitzthum, Virginia L. (August 2003). "Frank B. Livingstone: Introduction", Human Biology.