Identifier	VC410BlackD02
Title	Davidson Black.
Date.Original	[n.d.]
Date.Digital	2007-05-28
Description.Physical	1 photographic print - b&w - 13 x 11 cm.
Description	Davidson Black (1884-1934) was a Canadian paleoanthropologist, best known for his discovery of Sinanthropus pekinensis (now categorized as a subspecies of Homo erectus). After being discharged from the Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1919, he went to Peking, China to work at the Peking Union Medical College. Black was first professor of Neurology and Embryology and was later promoted to head of the anatomy department in 1924. While in China Black was the primary coordinator of the search for human fossils at Zhoukoudian.
Provenance	Gift - Edmund V. Cowdry - 1967 - (67-003), (67-004), (67-006), (67-016), (67-017), (67-022); Gift - Margaret C. Haun - 1990 - (90-062)
Subject.PersonalName	Black, Davidson, 1884-1934
Source	VC410
Collection Name	Medical Journeys
Relation.IsPartOf	Bernard Becker Medical Library Portrait Collection
Publisher	Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine
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Format	jpeg
Type	Photographs
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