Raymond Pearl

Raymond Pearl
Born	(1879-06-03)June 3, 1879 Farmington, New Hampshire
Died	November 17, 1940(1940-11-17) (aged 61) Baltimore, Maryland
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Scientific career
Fields	Biogerontology
Institutions	Johns Hopkins University
Author abbrev. (botany)	Pearl

Raymond Pearl (June 3, 1879 – November 17, 1940) was an American biologist, regarded as one of the founders of biogerontology. He spent most of his career at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Pearl was a prolific writer of academic books, papers and articles, as well as a committed populariser and communicator of science. At his death, 841 publications were listed against his name. An early eugenicist, he eventually became an important critic of eugenics. He also advanced the concept of carrying capacity, although he didn't use the term, and was a Malthusian concerned with resource limits. He was a critique of mass consumption.^[1]