Alfred Edwards Emerson

Alfred Edwards Emerson (born Dec. 31, 1896, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.—died Oct. 3, 1976, Huletts Landing, N.Y.) was a U.S. zoologist noted for his definitive work on termites and his contributions to biological systematics, the study of the evolutionary and genetic relationships among life-forms and their phenotypic similarities and differences. Emerson conducted extensive field studies of termites in Africa and South America, particularly those of the family Termitidae (the most advanced termite group), and discovered various...