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Son of Rev. John Van Leuven Osterhout and his first wife, Annie Loranthe Beman.

Ph.D. from University of California, Berkley, 1899

Famed Botanist in his day:

Professor and chairman of the division of biology at Harvard University

Researcher at Woods Hole

Member Emeritus of Rockefeller Institute

Publisher of more than 250 scientific reports

"Pioneer in the field of molecular biology and one of the first scientists to apply the techniques of physical chemistry to living systems" (quote from obituary in New York Times, April 10, 1964)

A wonderfully detailed biography of Winthrop John Vanleuven Osterhout appears in the book published by the National Academy of Sciences, Biographical Memoirs, volume 44, pages 225-254. It can be read online at: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=567&page=225

He was survived by two daughters, Anna, wife of Theodore Edison, youngest son of Thomas A. Edison, and Olga, wife of Harold Bright Sears of Cape Cod. These were his daughters by his first wife, Anna Maria Landstrom.