death_date death_place birth_place citizenship field birth_date image article_title name
14 december 1910 worcester , massachusetts , usa woodstock , maine , usa united states zoology december 6 , 1842 charles_otis_whitman . png charles otis whitman
 charles otis whitman
charles otis whitman

charles otis whitman -lrb- december 6 , 1842 -- december 14 , 1910 -rrb- was an american zoologist , who introduced modern zoological studies to japan , and was influential to the founding of classical ethology .
a dedicated educator who preferred to teach a few research students at a time , he made major contributions in the areas of evolution and embryology of worms , comparative anatomy , heredity , and animal behaviour .
