Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist (died 1948)

Ed Ricketts

American marine biologist (1897–1948)

Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts was an American marine biologist, ecologist, and philosopher. Renowned as the inspiration for the character Doc in John Steinbeck's 1945 novel Cannery Row, Rickett's professional reputation is rooted in Between Pacific Tides (1939), a pioneering…