Alfred C. Redfield

Alfred C. Redfield
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Born(1890-11-15)November 15, 1890
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedMarch 17, 1983(1983-03-17) (aged 92)
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Alma materHarvard University (BS, Ph.D)
Known forRedfield ratio
Spouses
  • Elizabeth Sewall Redfield (née Pratt)
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    (m. 1913; died 1920)​
  • Martha Redfield (née Putnam)
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    (m. 1922)​
Children3, including Alfred G. Redfield
AwardsAlexander Agassiz Medal 1955
Eminent Ecologist Award 1966
Scientific career
FieldsOceanography

Alfred Clarence Redfield (November 15, 1890 – March 17, 1983) was an American oceanographer known for having discovered the Redfield ratio, which describes the ratio between nutrients in plankton and ocean water.[1] He was a professor of physiology at Harvard University and one of the original staff of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution upon its founding in 1930.[2]

  1. ^ Sears, Mary (1965). "Bibliography of Alfred C. Redfield". Limnology and Oceanography. 10 (suppl): R5–R8. Bibcode:1965LimOc..10R...5S. doi:10.4319/lo.1965.10.suppl2.r5.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference GlobeObit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).