Human Developmental Anatomy Center
Carnegie Timeline
Carnegie Human
Embryo
Collection
Becoming a
Science
Franklin P. Mall
Exceptional
Scientist
Staging
Expansion
New Direction
Molecular
New Era
1887
- First human embryo, designated Carnegie #1 acquired by
Franklin P. Mall
1890
-
Carnegie Collection
was transferred to the University of Chicago
1893
- Collection moved to Johns Hopkins Medical School
1914
-
Department of Embryology officially opened
, Franklin mall appointed Director
1917
-
George L. Streeter
became director of the Department
1940
-
George W. Corner
became director of the Department
1955
-
James D. Ebert
became Director of Department. Department moved to Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins
1973
-
Ronan O'Rahilly and Ernest Gardner
head the department. Carnegie Collection moved to the University of california at Davis.
1990
- Carnegie Collection moved to the
National Museum of Health and Medicine of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology