Charles Henry Turner: The little-known Black high school science teacher who revolutionized the study of insect behavior in the early 20th century
- Written by Edward D. Melillo, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Amherst College
Turner was the first scientist to prove certain insects could remember, learn and feel.Courtesy of Charles I. Abramson, CC BY-NDOn a crisp autumn morning in 1908, an elegantly dressed African American man strode back and forth among the pin oaks, magnolias and silver maples of O’Fallon Park in St. Louis, Missouri. After placing a dozen...
