Arthur Sperry Pearse
| Jinsu | gorko  |
|---|---|
| Ɓii-leydiyankaaku | Dowlaaji Dentuɗi |
| Innde | Arthur, Sperry |
| Innde ɓesngu | Pearse |
| Ɗuubi daygo | 1877, 15 Mbooy 1877 |
| Ɗoforde | Crete |
| Date of death | 1956, 11 Bowte 1956 |
| Significant person | Henrietta Achtenberg |
| Wolde | Inngilisjo |
| Field of work | botany, zoology |
| Employer | University of Wisconsin–Madison, Duke University |
| Position held | chairperson |
| Janngi to | Harvard University |
| Residence | Dowlaaji Dentuɗi |
Arthur Sperry Pearse (March 15, 1877 – December 11, 1956) was a botanist and zoologist from the United States. He was born at a Pawnee people reserve in Crete, Nebraska, where his parents had a commercial outpost. He earn a BA at the University of Nebraska in 1900 and a MA, at the same university in 1904. Pearse received his Ph.D. in zoology from Harvard University in 1908, with a dissertation entitled "The Reaction of Amphibians to Light". After earning his PH.D he taught at the University of Michigan and later he became part of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin. In 1926, he became the president of the Ecological Society of America. He joined the Biology Department of Duke University in 1927. Here he founded Ecological Monographs, that was the first science journal from the Duke University Press. In 1935, a new Zoology Department was created under the leadership of Pearse. He later play a significant role in the creation of the Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, North Carolina, where he was the Director from 1938 to 1945. He retired in 1948.
Fooje Elahistocleis pearsei ina noddita diga Pearse.