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Ernest Everett Just

Ernest Everett Just. By, Zoë. Childhood and Family. Born on August 14, 1883 in Charleston, South Carolina. His parents were Charles Frazier Just Jr. and Mary Matthews Just. His father and grand father were doc builders and both died when Ernest was four.

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Ernest Everett Just

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  1. Ernest Everett Just By, Zoë

  2. Childhood and Family • Born on August 14, 1883 in Charleston, South Carolina. • His parents were Charles Frazier Just Jr. and Mary Matthews Just. • His father and grand father were doc builders and both died when Ernest was four. • Ernest had a younger brother and younger sister. • His mother worked in a mine and founded a town named Maryville in her honor.

  3. Education • Ernest went to an all boys boarding school in Orangeburg, South Carolina when he was thirteen. • For a high school education Ernest went to Kimball Union Academy. Graduating valedictorian. • He then proceeded to graduate from Dartmouth College with special honors in zoology.

  4. Early Careers • The first job he took was a teaching position at Howard University in Washington D.C. • He was in charge of department of biology and zoologyat this college. • While working here, he took leave and went to Chicago University and got a Doctorate degree in experimental embryology.

  5. Accomplishments • He took many zoology experiments while living in Naples, Italy. • He relocated to finish his studies in Paris when the German Nazis took control of Italy. • Conducting more studies in Roscoff, France, the French advised foreigners to evacuate to escape the Nazis. Ernest had stayed to finish his work and was imprisoned. • Ernest Everett Just researched the embryology of many cells and the effect of radiation of ultra violet rays on cells.

  6. Death • Upon returning home from France, he died from being very ill while being imprisoned. Ernest Everett Just died on October 27, 1941.

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