Black Fact = 1930 ( Jan. 14) – Ernest E. Just, biologist and pioneer of cell division, was elected Vice President of American Zoologists on this date.
Born on August 14, 1883, in Charleston, South Carolina, Earnest Everett Just was an African-American biologist and educator who pioneered many areas on the physiology of development, including fertilization, experimental parthenogenesis, hydration, cell division, dehydration in living cells and ultraviolet carcinogenic radiation effects on cells. Just’s legacy of accomplishments followed him long after his death, on October 27, 1941.#TheRaydioTwins
