This week’s #SundayScientistShoutout is African-American American zoologist and animal behavior scientist Dr. Charles Henry Turner (1867-1923)!

Turner studied insect behavior, navigation, and animal physiology. The first recorded African-American to do so.

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Turner was born in 1867 to newly freed slaves. He in Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating as valedictorian. Hw ent on to earn his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Cincinnati.

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Remembering Dr. Charles Henry Turner - The Honeybee Conservancy

Dr. Charles Henry Turner was a true pioneer. He was the first African-American to become an entomologist and among the first to earn a graduate degree. Talented Dr. Turner discovered that insects can...

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In 1907 he earned his Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Chicago and was the first African-American to earn these advanced degrees from each institution.

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Turner published 70+ papers, a pioneer for techniques to study animal behavior like insects can hear.

He was the first to discover insects can alter behavior based on previous experiences and this capable of learning.
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Two of his most famous discoveries...
1) honey bees can see in color.
2) honey bees recognize patterns.

These findings showed that insects were capable of learning.

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Charles Henry Turner

Charles Henry Turner, a zoologist and scholar, was the first person to discover that insects can hear and alter behavior based on previous experience.

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Turner used mazes and experiments to navigation and basic problem-solving in invertebrate learning.

He developed novel methods to study pattern and color recognition in honeybees, one of the first to study Pavlovian conditioning with invertebrates.
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Charles Henry Turner | American scientist

Charles Henry Turner , American behavioral scientist and early pioneer in the field of insect behaviour. He is best known for his work showing that social insects can modify their behaviour as a...

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Turner was one of the first behavioral scientists to pay close attention to the use of controls and variables in experiments.

His work on invertebrate behavior appeared in important publications as Psychological Bulletin and J. of Animal Behavior.
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A Study in Inspiration: Charles Henry Turner (1867–1923) and the Investigation of Insect Behavior

Charles Henry Turner was an African American scientist who, while eking out a living as a high school science teacher, made important advances in the study of insect learning and behavior. Contribu...

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In 1910, Turner was elected a member of the St. Louis Academy of Sciences, where his research would grow more complex, even with lacking institutional support.

He was also asked often to contribute review articles to journals.

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While making scientific advancements, Turner was also a dedicated civil rights advocate.

He argued education was KEY to ending racism, working at historically black colleges & schools, even with often lower pay and fewer resources.
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Charles Henry Turner (1867-1923)

A prolific scholar and passionate educator, Dr. Charles Henry Turner made significant contributions to the fields of zoology, entomology, and psychology. Over a thirty-year career, he published wid…

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He served as a civic leader in St. Louis, Missouri’s African American community, and was a director of the Colored Branch, St. Louis YMCA.

Contributing articles to local & national publications on racial equality and education.

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Turner had a lifelong commitment to civil rights, first publishing on it in 1897 and again in 1902.

He was an avid leader in his community and a strong supporter that everyone should be educated.

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Charles Henry Turner, the Zoologist who first demonstrated that insects can hear and learn

Charles Henry Turner was still at the prime of his career as an Animal Behaviorist when he provided an evidential demonstration on how insects can hear

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After passing in 1923, the first school for African American disabled children, named Charles Henry Turner Open Air School for Crippled Children, was founded, later Turner Middle School in St. Louis.

A children’s book was so written about Turner ( http://bit.ly/cht_book )!
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Buzzing with Questions by Janice N. Harrington: 9781629795584 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Can spiders learn? How do ants find their way home? Can bugs see color? All of these questions buzzed endlessly in Charles Henry Turner’s mind. As the first Black entomologist, he was fascinated...

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In 1962, Clark College, where he taught 1893-1905, named Turner-Tanner Hall in his memory.

Turner’s scientific work, civil rights dedication, and service to education is a phenomenal legacy.

An amazing #SundayScientistShoutout!

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