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| Born | (1875-01-29)January 29, 1875 Sweden |
| Died | September 2, 1956(1956-09-02) (aged 81) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
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| Fields | Physiology |
| Institutions | University of Chicago American Physiological Society AAAS National Academy of Sciences |
Anton Julius Carlson (January 29, 1875 – September 2, 1956) was aSwedish Americanphysiologist. Carlson was chairman of the Physiology Department at theUniversity of Chicago from 1916 until 1940.
Carlson was born the son of Carl Jacobson and Hedvig Andersdotter in Svarteborg, inVästra Götaland County, Sweden. He came to the United States in 1891. He graduated fromAugustana College inRock Island, Illinois, (BA, 1898)(MS, 1899). He received adoctorate in physiology atStanford in 1902[1] and began working at theUniversity of Chicago in 1904. While Carlson was atChicago, he conducted experiments on Fred Vlcek,[2] similar to those conducted onAlexis St. Martin byWilliam Beaumont, regarding his gastricfistula. These included illuminating his stomach with electric lights in order to observe digestion. Carlson became chairman of the physiology department at the University of Chicago in 1916 and remained chairman until 1940.
Carlson was elected to the United StatesNational Academy of Sciences in 1920 and theAmerican Philosophical Society in 1928.[3][4] He was president of theAmerican Physiological Society from 1923 to 1925,[5] and president of theAAAS in 1944. Carlson was elected a foreign member of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1929.
The cover story of the February 10, 1941, issue ofTime magazine was devoted to Carlson's success as a teacher and his comparative studies of the muscular action of the heart in humans and the horseshoe crab. Carlson was one of 34 original signers of theHumanist Manifesto[6] and in 1953 he was the first person to receive theAmerican Humanist Association's Humanist of the Year award.[7]
10th APS President (1923-1925)
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| Preceded by | President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 1944 | Succeeded by |
