Simon Henry Gage

Simon Henry Gage
Born(1851-05-20)May 20, 1851
Milford Township, Otsego County, New York, United States
DiedOctober 20, 1944(1944-10-20) (aged 93)
Interlaken, New York
Alma materCornell University
Known forThe Microscope
Spouses
(m. 1881; died 1915)
    Clara Covert Starrett
    (m. 1933)
    Scientific career
    FieldsMicroscopy, Histology, Natural History
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    Simon Henry Gage (May 20, 1851 October 20, 1944) was a professor of anatomy, Histology, and Embryology at Cornell University and an important figure in the history of American microscopy. His book, The Microscope, appeared in seventeen editions. In 1931, a volume of the American Journal of Anatomy was dedicated to Gage on the occasion of his eightieth birthday.