1904 INEZ WHIPPLE
After graduating from Brown University, Rhode Island and obtaining an MA at Smith College, Massachusetts, Inez Whipple became Assistant Professor in their Zoology Department in 1902.
It was there that she met Professor Harris Hawthorne Wilder, and finding they both shared an interest in dermatoglyphics, collaborated to produce various papers on the topic.
Whipple’s most significant work, ‘The Ventral Surface of the Mammalian Chiridium – With Special Reference to the Conditions Found in Man, was published in 1904.
The significance of this work stems from the fact that it incorporates all of the available information previously obtained in the field of dermatoglyphics from other disciplines, including genetics, evolution and the development of volar surfaces. This outstanding paper continues to contribute a large amount of information to what is know about mammalian palm and sole configurations.
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