Harold Saxton Burr was E. K. Hunt Professor of Anatomy at Yale University School of Medicine. His early years were spent in Springfield, Massachusetts, while most of his later life was spent in New Haven. In 1908 he was admitted to the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale and received his Ph.B. in 1911. On December 27 of that year, in Chicago, he married Jean Chandler, with whom he had a son, Peter. In 1914 he was appointed Instructor in Anatomy at Yale. He received his Ph.D.

PropertyValue
dbpedia-owl:Person/birthDate
  • 1889-04-18 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:Person/birthPlace
dbpedia-owl:Person/deathDate
  • 1973-02-17 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:birthDate
  • 1889-04-18 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:birthPlace
dbpedia-owl:deathDate
  • 1973-02-17 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:thumbnail
dbpprop:abstract
  • Harold Saxton Burr was E. K. Hunt Professor of Anatomy at Yale University School of Medicine. His early years were spent in Springfield, Massachusetts, while most of his later life was spent in New Haven. In 1908 he was admitted to the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale and received his Ph.B. in 1911. On December 27 of that year, in Chicago, he married Jean Chandler, with whom he had a son, Peter. In 1914 he was appointed Instructor in Anatomy at Yale. He received his Ph.D. in 1915 and was a teacher at Yale until 1958, becoming an Assistant Professor in 1919, an Associate Professor in 1926, and Professor in 1929. Over forty years, from 1916 to 1956, Burr published, either alone or with others, ninety-three scientific papers. Early studies mostly focussed upon the development of the meninges and other neural bodies, often studying the amblystoma or larval salamander. In 1932, however, his observations of neuro-cellular proliferation in the amblystoma led him to propose the "electro-dynamic theory of development" for which he is now most widely remembered. 1935 saw the publication of his general papers (with F.S.C. Northrop) "The electro-dynamic theory of life" and (with C.T. Lane) "Electrical characteristics of living systems". Burr is noted for his use of the voltmeter to detect the electromagnetic potential of the body, first reported upon in his 1936 paper (with C. T. Lane and L.F. Nims) "A vacuum tube microvoltmeter for the measurement of bio-electric phenomena". Burr's research contributed to the electrical detection of cancer cells, experimental embryology, neuroanatomy, and the regeneration and development of the nervous system. His studies of the bio-electrics of ovulation and menstruation eventually led to the marketing of fertility-indicating devices. His late studies of the electrodynamics of trees, carried out over decades, suggested entrainment to diurnal, lunar and annual cycles. He also contributed a few papers on the history and sociology of his field. Burr was a keen amateur painter of waterscapes and landscapes. His early work shows the influence of his friend George Bruestle while his later paintings, now often in pastel rather than oil, became more abstract in design. He exhibited at the Lyme Art Association from 1926-1946 and at the New Haven Paint and Clay Club from 1930-1946.
  • Harold Saxton Burr war ein US-amerikanischer Professor für Anatomie an der Yale University School of Medicine. 1939 erregte er mediales Aufsehen durch den Nachweis, dass Salamander über ein elektrisches Feld verfügen. Er vertrat in der Folge die These, dass dies für alle Lebewesen zutreffe.
dbpprop:birthDate
dbpprop:birthPlace
dbpprop:caption
  • H.S.Burr.
dbpprop:deathDate
dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
dbpprop:name
  • Harold Saxton Burr
dbpprop:occupation
  • Researcher and Teacher of Neuroanatomy and Bioelectrodynamics
dbpprop:reference
dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dbpprop:wordnet_type
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • Harold Saxton Burr was E. K. Hunt Professor of Anatomy at Yale University School of Medicine. His early years were spent in Springfield, Massachusetts, while most of his later life was spent in New Haven. In 1908 he was admitted to the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale and received his Ph.B. in 1911. On December 27 of that year, in Chicago, he married Jean Chandler, with whom he had a son, Peter. In 1914 he was appointed Instructor in Anatomy at Yale. He received his Ph.D.
  • Harold Saxton Burr war ein US-amerikanischer Professor für Anatomie an der Yale University School of Medicine. 1939 erregte er mediales Aufsehen durch den Nachweis, dass Salamander über ein elektrisches Feld verfügen. Er vertrat in der Folge die These, dass dies für alle Lebewesen zutreffe.
rdfs:label
  • Harold Saxton Burr
  • Harold Saxton Burr
owl:sameAs
skos:subject
foaf:depiction
foaf:name
  • Harold Saxton Burr
foaf:page
is dbpprop:disambiguates of
is dbpprop:redirect of
is owl:sameAs of