Charles Henry Turner
Name: Charles Henry Turner
STEM Career: Zoologist
Significant Contribution/s: First African American to receive a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Chicago; first person to discover that insects can hear and alter behavior based on previous experience
Birth: February 3, 1867
Death: February 14, 1923
Picture: https://psychology.okstate.edu/museum/turner/turnerphotos.html
Learn more:
http://www.biography.com/people/charles-henry-turner-21302547#trailblazing-research
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Henry-Turner
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/urban-scientist/charles-henry-turner-animal-behavior-scientist/
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