Alfred C. Redfield

Alfred C. Redfield
Alfred C. Redfield
	Relief sculpture
Born	November 15, 1890; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	March 17, 1983 (aged 92); Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Harvard University (BS, Ph.D)
Known for	Redfield ratio
Spouses	Elizabeth Sewall Redfield (née Pratt) (m. 1913; died 1920); Martha Redfield (née Putnam) (m. 1922);
Children	3, including Alfred G. Redfield
Awards	Alexander Agassiz Medal 1955; Eminent Ecologist Award 1966
	Scientific career
Fields	Oceanography

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]

^ 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.
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[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.

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Alfred C. Redfield
Relief sculpture
Born	(1890-11-15)November 15, 1890 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	March 17, 1983(1983-03-17) (aged 92) Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Harvard University (BS, Ph.D)
Known for	Redfield ratio
Spouses	Elizabeth Sewall Redfield (née Pratt) (m. 1913; died 1920) Martha Redfield (née Putnam) (m. 1922)
Children	3, including Alfred G. Redfield
Awards	Alexander Agassiz Medal 1955 Eminent Ecologist Award 1966
Scientific career
Fields	Oceanography

Alfred C. Redfield

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