Janet Wilder Dakin
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Janet Wilder Dakin was a philanthropist, zoologist and a younger sister of author Thornton Wilder
and poet Charlotte Wilder
.
She was born in Berkeley, California
. She received her B.A in zoology
, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa in 1933, and her M.A. in biology in 1935, both from Mount Holyoke College
. She received her Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Chicago
in 1939. She taught zoology at Mount Holyoke until she married Winthrop S. Dakin in 1941.
she also lived in China for a few years because of her fathers work, but then left with her brother and sister because of the un-stable state of the country.:)
Thornton Wilder
Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and two for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a National Book Award for his novel The Eighth Day.-Early years:Wilder was born in Madison,...
and poet Charlotte Wilder
Charlotte Wilder
Charlotte Wilder was an American poet and the eldest sister of author Thornton Wilder, Janet Wilder Dakin, and Amos Wilder.-Life:...
.
She was born in Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
. She received her B.A in zoology
Zoology
Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa in 1933, and her M.A. in biology in 1935, both from Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...
. She received her Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
in 1939. She taught zoology at Mount Holyoke until she married Winthrop S. Dakin in 1941.
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she also lived in China for a few years because of her fathers work, but then left with her brother and sister because of the un-stable state of the country.:)