Edwin Stephen Goodrich (1868-1946)

Social Mobility in Japan, 1868-2012: The Surprising Persistence of the Samurai

Using rare surnames to track the descendants of two formerly elite groups in Japan – the Samurai, and the Kazoku of 1869-1946 – we estimate social mobility rates in Japan 1900-2012. We would expect that the dramatic social changes of Meiji Japan 1868-1946, and postwar Japan 1946-2012, would create substantial social mobility. However, we find high rates of persistence of the descendants of the ...

On the Ccelom

The Early Development of the Nephridia in Amphioxus: Introduction and Part I, Hatschek's Nephridium

New neotropical species of Trupanea (Diptera: Tephritidae) with unusual wing patterns.

Four species of Trupanea Shrank (Diptera: Tephritidae) with unusual wing patterns are described from the Neotropical Region: T. dimorphica (Argentina), T. fasciata (Argentina), T. polita (Argentina and Bolivia), and T. trivittata (Argentina). Celidosphenella Hendel, 1914 and Melanotrypana Hering, 1944 are considered new synonyms of Trupanea, and the following species are transferred from Celido...

Edwin Leonard Lees

He took his M.D. in 1890. He was appointed House Surgeon to the Children's Hospital, then Registrar and in 1896 Physician : he held this appointment until 1905 when he was appointed Consultant Physician. During the whole of his life, until he retired in 1946, he was in busy general practice, and endeared himself to all whom he met, patients and colleagues alike. He was an enthusiastic pioneer m...