Ernest Everett Just
By:Annie Moore
Early life
I was born on August 14, 1883, in Charleston, South Carolina, to Charles Frazier and Mary Matthews Just. i had a rough childhood; my father died when i was very young, leaving my mother to fend for herself and our family. I was educated by my mother until the age of 13, when i entered the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechanical College. I received a License of Instruction that permitted me to teach in the black public schools of South Carolina.
Major study
My major study was cell behavior and fertilization. I pioneered the development of fertilization, hydration, cell division, and dehydration in living cells. My main role was my recognition of the fundamental role of the cell surface in the development of organisms.My work covered a diversity of biology that are used in today's biology development.
How it all started
When I was in my university years i discovered an interests in biology after reading a paper on fertilization and egg development.
About my study
- Cell division Is how animals grow and reproduce
- When the cell divides two daughter cells are produced from one mother cell
- Each new cell has excactly the same genetic material as the cell that produced it
- Every organism goes through cell division
- The process of mitosis produces identical cells
Advancements
- Biologist can use my studies for future development
- Biologist use my fertilization theory today
- I observe the wave of negativity that sweeps over the egg cell at the onset of fertilization envelope separation which is also used today
Accomplishments
- I was the first American to be invited to conduct research at the kaiser Wilhelm institute in Berlin
- I received the grimes prize for general improvement
- My superior grades earned me recognition as a scholar for the second year in a row
- I got a Spingarn medal for the national association for the advancement of colored people
Death
I became ill in early July that I had to return to New York City, where I was admitted to mount Sinai hospital. It turned out that the trouble I was having with my spinal nerves was pancreatic cancer,After battling with cancer, I died in Washington, D.C. on October 27,1941.
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