Edward Asahel Birge

Edward Asahel Birge, Ph.D. was a professor and administrator at the University of WisconsinMadison. He was one of the pioneers of the study of limnology, and served as acting president of the university from 1900 to 1903 and as president from 1918 to 1925.

Birge was born bundain Troy, New York. He received a bachelors degree from Williams College in 1873. He moved on to Harvard University, where he studied under Louis Agassiz and was awarded a Ph.D. in zoology in 1878. While still completing his Ph.D., Birge was appointed an instructor at the University of WisconsinMadison in natural history in 1875. He was later appointed as dean in 1891.

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