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| name = Edgar Allen |
| name = Edgar Allen |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|05|02|mf=y}} |
| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|05|02|mf=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Canon City, Colorado|Canon City]], [[Colorado]] |
| birth_place = [[Canon City, Colorado|Canon City]], [[Colorado]] |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|02|03|1892|05|02|mf=y}} |
| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|02|03|1892|05|02|mf=y}} |
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| death_place = [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]] |
| death_place = [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]] |
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| nationality = [[File:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] American |
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| work_institution = [[University of Missouri]] <br> [[Washington University in St. Louis]] <br> [[Yale University]] |
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| alma_mater = [[Brown University]] |
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'''Edgar Allen''' (May 2, 1892 – February 3, 1943) was an American [[anatomist]] and [[physiologist]]. He is known for the discovery of [[estrogen]] and his role in creating the field of [[endocrinology]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last =Cowan | first =Ruth | title =Allen, Edgar | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Scientific Biography]] | volume = 1 | pages =123–124 | publisher = Charles Scribner's Sons | location = New York | year = 1970 | isbn = 0-684-10114-9}}</ref> |
'''Edgar Allen''' (May 2, 1892 – February 3, 1943) was an American [[anatomist]] and [[physiologist]]. He is known for the discovery of [[estrogen]] and his role in creating the field of [[endocrinology]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last =Cowan | first =Ruth | title =Allen, Edgar | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Scientific Biography]] | volume = 1 | pages =123–124 | publisher = Charles Scribner's Sons | location = New York | year = 1970 | isbn = 0-684-10114-9}}</ref> |
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Born on Cañon (Canyon) City, [[Colorado]], Allen was educated at [[Brown University]]. After serving in [[World War I]] he took a position at [[Washington University |
Born on Cañon (Canyon) City, [[Colorado]], Allen was educated at [[Brown University]]. After serving in [[World War I]] he took a position at [[Washington University School of Medicine]] in 1919 until, in 1923,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Allen, Edgar - Becker Archives Database |url=https://beckerarchives.wustl.edu/allen-edgar |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=beckerarchives.wustl.edu}}</ref> he was appointed to the chair of anatomy at the [[University of Missouri]] in [[Columbia, Missouri]]. Ten years later he was appointed to the chair at [[Yale University]]. |
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At Missouri, he began his studies of [[sex hormones]]. While it was commonly believed at the time that the female reproductive cycle was controlled by substance in the ''[[corpus luteum]]'', Allen sought the answer in the follicles surrounding the [[ovum]], leading to his discovery of estrogen, though it was identified six years later by [[Adolf Butenandt]]. |
At Missouri, he began his studies of [[sex hormones]]. While it was commonly believed at the time that the female reproductive cycle was controlled by substance in the ''[[corpus luteum]]'', Allen sought the answer in the follicles surrounding the [[ovum]], leading to his discovery of estrogen, though it was identified six years later by [[Adolf Butenandt]] in 1929. |
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Allen died of a heart attack in 1943 while on duty with the [[United States Coast Guard]]. |
Allen died of a heart attack in 1943 while on duty with the [[United States Coast Guard]]. |
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* [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/195.html Biography of Edgar Allen on whonamedit.com] |
* [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/195.html Biography of Edgar Allen on whonamedit.com] |
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| NAME = Allen, Edgar |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Anatomist and physiologist |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = May 2, 1892 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Canon City, Colorado|Canon City]], [[Colorado]] |
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| DATE OF DEATH = February 3, 1943 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]] |
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Allen in 1933
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Born | (1892-05-02)May 2, 1892 |
Died | February 3, 1943(1943-02-03) (aged 50) |
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Alma mater | Brown University |
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Fields | Anatomy, Physiology, Endocrinology |
Institutions | University of Missouri Washington University in St. Louis Yale University |
Edgar Allen (May 2, 1892 – February 3, 1943) was an American anatomist and physiologist. He is known for the discovery of estrogen and his role in creating the field of endocrinology.[1]
Born on Cañon (Canyon) City, Colorado, Allen was educated at Brown University. After serving in World War I he took a position at Washington University School of Medicine in 1919 until, in 1923,[2] he was appointed to the chair of anatomy at the University of MissouriinColumbia, Missouri. Ten years later he was appointed to the chair at Yale University.
At Missouri, he began his studies of sex hormones. While it was commonly believed at the time that the female reproductive cycle was controlled by substance in the corpus luteum, Allen sought the answer in the follicles surrounding the ovum, leading to his discovery of estrogen, though it was identified six years later by Adolf Butenandt in 1929.
Allen died of a heart attack in 1943 while on duty with the United States Coast Guard.
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