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| Born | (1852-12-23)December 23, 1852 |
| Died | November 19, 1914(1914-11-19) (aged 61) |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1872) |
| Occupations | Anatomist, writer |
| Relatives | Catharine Sedgwick (great aunt) |
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Charles Sedgwick Minot (December 23, 1852 – November 19, 1914) was an Americananatomist and a founding member of theAmerican Society for Psychical Research.[1]
Charles Sedgwick Minot was born December 23, 1852, inRoxbury, Massachusetts. His mother was Catharine "Kate" Maria Sedgwick (1820–1880) and father was William Minot II (1817–1894).[2] Through his mother, namesake of her aunt, novelistCatharine Sedgwick (1789–1867), he was twice connected to theNew England Dwight family of academics.[3]
He graduated from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology in 1872, studied biology atLeipzig,Paris, andWürzburg. AtHarvard Medical School he taught from 1880 till his death as the James Stillman Professor ofcomparative anatomy in 1905 anddirector of the anatomical laboratories in 1912.
Minot was elected to theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1882.[4] He was elected to theAmerican Philosophical Society in 1896 and the United StatesNational Academy of Sciences in 1897.[5][6] He waspresident of theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science in 1901, and of theAssociation of American Anatomists from 1904 to 1905, and was corresponding member of various foreignsocieties.
Honorary degrees were conferred on him byYale University, theUniversity of Toronto, St. Andrews, andOxford. From 1912 to 1913 he served as Harvard exchange professor atBerlin andJena. He died on November 19, 1914, inMilton, Massachusetts.
His cousin once removed,George Richards Minot (1885–1950), named for his great-grandfather George Richards Minot (1758–1802),[7] shared theNobel Prize in Medicine in 1934.[8]
Minot was a founding member of theAmerican Society for Psychical Research. He later resigned due to its unscientific outlook.[9][10] He was highly critical ofAlfred Percy Sinnett'sEsoteric Buddhism and the claims ofTheosophy.[11]
In addition to many papers andmonographs, his publications include:
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