1906 Graduated from Boys Latin School
1909 Graduated from Johns Hopkins University
1913 Graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical School
1915 Assistant professor in Department of Anatomy at Berkeley
1919 Returned to Johns Hopkins as Associate Professor
1923 Head of Department of Anatomy at University of Rochester Medical School
1940 Returned to Baltimore to succeed George Streeter as Director of the Department of Embryolog in the Carnegie Institution
1956 Retired and became an official historian at the Rockefeller Institute in New York
1960 Executive Officer of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia
Died September 28, 1981
Director of the Department of Embryology at the Carnegie Institution of Washington for 16 years, the work of Dr. George Corner covered a wide spectrum of disciplines and interests. His research covered several different areas, including the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive system, human and mammalian embryology, prenatal abnormalities and mortality, and endocrinology. His studies of the menstrual cycle of rhesus monkeys led to his theory of the hormonal basis of the menstrual cycle and in 1928, along with his student Willard Allen, Corner co-discovered the hormone progesterone. His research also led him to prove the necessity of the corpus luteum for the maintenance and implantation of the embryo. In addition to these discoveries, Corner has been credited for his preliminary findings in this area, which eventually aided in future studies for the invention of the birth control pill and in-vivo fertilization. Dr. Corner was considered an extraordinarily productive worker and even though he was regarded as an anatomist, he always incorporated his full range of interests in his work, including his philosophical and historical interests.