J. Daley (James Daley) McDonald

James Daley McDonald, who was born in 1892, appears in library and archive records as an American scientific writer and educator active in the early 1900s. He published under both James Daley McDonald and J. Daley McDonald.

The works most clearly tied to him today are On Balantidium coli (Malmsten) and Balantidium suis (sp. nov.) with an account of their neuromotor apparatus (1922), issued by the University of California Press, and Adequate Preparation for the Teacher of Biological Sciences in Secondary Schools (1921). Together, these suggest a career shaped by both biological research and the training of science teachers.

Little biographical detail beyond his birth year is easy to confirm from the sources available here, so much of his personal life remains obscure. Even so, his publications preserve a clear picture of someone deeply engaged with biology and with the challenge of teaching it well.