George B. Wislocki

Harvard University

March 25, 1892 - August 25, 1956


Scientific Discipline: Biochemistry
Membership Type:
Member (elected 1941)

George B. Wislocki was a pioneer in the field of histochemical anatomical studies. He conducted research on the anatomy of the endocrine system, especially the adrenal and pituitary glands. He also did comparative anatomical studies of the placenta and the blood-brain barrier. His contribution to the elucidation of the chemical processes involved in cell development lead to a better understanding of the body’s complex relationships.

Wislocki graduated from Washington University in 1912 and from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1916. He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps as a first lieutenant during World War I. After the war he attended Harvard University as an Arthur Tracy Cabot Fellow at the Laboratory of Surgical Research. In 1920 he returned to Johns Hopkins as an associate in anatomy, and in 1923 he became an associate professor of anatomy. In 1931 he was named the Parkman Professor of Anatomy, a title he held until until 1941, when he became the James Stillman Professor of Comparative Anatomy.  In 1951 he served as the first president of the Histochemical Society.

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