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Department of Biology
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15 cm of textual records
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(1931-)
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The Department of Biology was formally established in 1931 when Hugh Bell, Professor of Botany (pictured above), was appointed as its inaugural chair. However, correspondence within the Presidents Office fonds written on Department of Biology letterhead exists from 1914. The first lecturer in biology was hired in the Faculty of Medicine in 1905, and by 1907 the position was also listed in the University Calendar under the Faculty of Arts and Science. By 1911 biology was significant enough to warrant the hiring of an assistant professor, Clarence Moore, and the early 1920s James Dawson was appointed full professor. In 1932, zoologist Dixie Pelleut was hired in the Biology Department and became one of the first two women to hold professorial appointments at Dalhousie.