Daniel Livingstone Papers, 1950-2001
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Summary
- Creator:
- Livingstone, Daniel A.
- Abstract:
- Daniel A. Livingstone is the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Biology at Duke University, with longstanding research interests in biology, limnology, paleolimnology, zoology, and other subjects. The Daniel A. Livingstone papers include the extensive correspondence of Dr. Livingstone from the 1980s to 2001 as well as other materials related to his research and teaching at Duke University.
- Extent:
- 36 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Collection ID:
- UA.29.02.0253
- University Archives Record Group:
- 29 -- Papers of Faculty, Staff, and Associates
29 -- Papers of Faculty, Staff, and Associates > 02 -- Individuals
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Daniel A. Livinstone papers consist primarily of the extensive correspondence of Daniel Livingstone with scientists and colleagues related to his research interests in biology, limnology, paleolimnology, and other subjects. Other materials are related to his work on a variety of research grants, classes taught at Duke University, and other topics.
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- Biographical / historical:
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Daniel A. Livingstone was born August 3, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan. He attended Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, graduating with a Bachelor's of Science in 1948 and a Masters of Science in 1950. He then pursued a PhD at Yale University, finishing in 1953. He taught ecology, limnology, zoology, biology, and geology courses at Duke and was the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Biology. In 1989, he was awarded the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography for his research in Africa and North America in the areas of limnology, paleolimnology, and paleoecology.
Livingstone's research interests were primarily in bioclimatology, limnology, and paleolimnology, but he also published work on a wide variety of subjects including zoology, paleontology, fish populations and zoogeography, coring technologies, and pollen analysis. He was also the inventor of a corer, named the Livingstone corer, used by many American palynologists and paleolimnologists. He conducted extensive research in sub-Saharan Africa, including Cameroon, Kenya, Ghana, amd Tanzania, as well as in North America, particularly Nova Scotia. He was also awarded numerous grants from the National Science Foundation and other organizations, and corresponded with many professionals in the fields of biology, limnology, paleolimnology, ecology, climatology, and many other areas.
Daniel Livingstone married Dr. Pat Palmer, a botanist and professor, in 1989. He died March 6, 2016 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- Acquisition information:
- The Daniel A. Livingstone papers were received by the University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2015.
- Processing information:
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This collection is not yet processed. Accessions described in this collection guide: UA2015.0050.
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], Daniel A. Livingstone Papers, 1950-2001, University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.