Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, CNRS and Sorbonne Université UMR 7093, Station Zoologique, Villefranche-sur-Mer 06230, France.
Eur J Protistol. 2022 Feb;82:125862. doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2021.125862. Epub 2022 Jan 4.
Charles Atwood Kofoid was a scientist of considerable stature and a key figure in the development of protistology in the United States of America during first half of the 20th century. Today he is known mainly for his detailed taxonomic monographs on protists of the marine plankton, specifically dinoflagellates and tintinnid ciliates. Lesser known today is the wide range of Kofoid's work in protistology. Little known is his responsibility for one of the great mistakes of protistology: the existence of a protistan nervous system, the "neuromortorium". Largely unknown is Kofoid's enthusiastic involvement in the eugenics movement. Here, following a brief biography, I will provide a review of Kofoid's enduring contribution to protistology, "the good", then the story of the neuromotorium, "the bad", and finally an account of Kofoid's implication in the eugenics movement, "the ugly".
查尔斯·阿特伍德·科福德（Charles Atwood Kofoid）是一位颇具影响力的科学家，也是 20 世纪上半叶美国原生动物学发展的关键人物。如今，他主要因其对海洋浮游生物原生动物（特别是甲藻和纤毛原生动物）的详细分类专论而闻名。如今鲜为人知的是科福德在原生动物学领域的广泛工作。鲜为人知的是他对原生动物学的一个重大错误负责：原生动物神经系统的存在，即“神经坏死”。鲜为人知的是科福德对优生运动的热情参与。在这里，在简短的传记之后，我将回顾科福德对原生动物学的持久贡献，“好的”，然后是神经运动器的故事，“坏的”，最后是科福德参与优生运动的情况，“丑的”。
