By, Zoë
Childhood and Family
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Born on August 14, 1883 in Charleston, South Carolina.
His parents were Charles Frazier Just Jr. and Mary Matthews Just.
His father and grand father were doc builders and both died when Ernest was
four.
Ernest had a younger brother and younger sister.
His mother worked in a mine and founded a town named Maryville in her
honor.
Education
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Ernest went to an all boys boarding school in Orangeburg, South Carolina
when he was thirteen.
For a high school education Ernest went to Kimball Union Academy.
Graduating valedictorian.
He then proceeded to graduate from Dartmouth College with special honors in
zoology.
Early Careers
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The first job he took was a teaching position at Howard University in
Washington D.C.
He was in charge of department of biology and zoology at this college.
While working here, he took leave and went to Chicago University and got a
Doctorate degree in experimental embryology.
Accomplishments
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He took many zoology experiments while living in Naples, Italy.
He relocated to finish his studies in Paris when the German Nazis took
control of Italy.
Conducting more studies in Roscoff, France, the French advised foreigners
to evacuate to escape the Nazis. Ernest had stayed to finish his work and
was imprisoned.
Ernest Everett Just researched the embryology of many cells and the
effect of radiation of ultra violet rays on cells.
Death
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Upon returning home from France, he died from being very ill while being
imprisoned.
Ernest Everett Just died on October 27, 1941.