Burr, Harold Saxton, 1889-

Harold Saxton Burr was born on April 18, 1889, in Lowell, Massachusetts. He graduated from Sheffield Scientific School in 1911 and received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1915. On December 27, 1911, in Chicago, he married Jean Chandler, with whom he had a son. Between 1914 and 1958, he was a teacher at Yale, working his way from instructor to the E.K. Hunt Professor of Anatomy. His research contributed to the electrical detection of cancer cells, experimental embryology, neuroanatomy, and the regeneration and development of the nervous system. Burr's book, Blueprint for Immortality, showed that all living things have electrodynamic fields, which he called the blueprint of all life. Throughout his life, he loved to paint landscapes and in his years of retirement, he was a member of the Lyme Art Association. Burr died on February 17, 1973.

From the description of Harold Saxton Burr papers, 1940-1959 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168846

Harold Saxton Burr was born on April 18, 1889, in Lowell, Massachusetts. He graduated from Sheffield Scientific School in 1911 and received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1915. On December 27, 1911, in Chicago, he married Jean Chandler, with whom he had a son. Between 1914 and 1958, he was a teacher at Yale, working his way from instructor to the E.K. Hunt Professor of Anatomy. His research contributed to the electrical detection of cancer cells, experimental embryology, neuroanatomy, and the regeneration and development of the nervous system. Burr's 1972 book, Blueprint for Immortality, showed that all living things have electrodynamic fields, which he called the blueprint of all life. Throughout his life, he loved to paint landscapes and in his years of retirement, he was a member of the Lyme Art Association. Burr died on February 17, 1973.

From the guide to the Harold Saxton Burr papers, 1940-1959, (Manuscripts and Archives)