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Jun 27, 1870 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Died on 05 Nov 1947 (aged 77)
American zoologist
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About Frank Rattray Lillie
- 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.
