Description: (Zoologist)
Charles Henry Turner was an American zoologist, entomologist, educator, and comparative psychologist known for his pioneering studies on insect behavior, particularly bees and ants. He was the first African American to earn a graduate degree from the University of Cincinnati and likely the first to obtain a PhD from the University of Chicago. Turner worked as a high school teacher at Sumner High School in St. Louis and made significant contributions to the understanding of animal cognition and individual behavior within species, laying the groundwork for the study of animal personality.