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List of notable evolutionary biologists
From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
In alphabetical order:
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Charles Robert Darwin: (1809 – 1882) English natural scientist, most famous for proposing the theory of natural selection. [e]
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Erasmus Darwin: (1731-1802) Physician, poet, philosopher, botanist, and naturalist; grandfather of Charles Darwin. [e]
- Richard Dawkins: (1941–) British ethologist, evolutionary biologist, science writer and outspoken atheist. [e]
- Theodosius Dobzhansky: Add brief definition or description
- Stephen Jay Gould: (1941–2002) American evolutionary biologist, paleontologist, historian and popular science writer. [e]
- J. B. S. Haldane: Add brief definition or description
- William D. Hamilton: Add brief definition or description
- Thomas Henry Huxley: Add brief definition or description
- Eva Jablonka: Add brief definition or description
- Jean Baptiste de Lamarck: Add brief definition or description
- Richard Lewontin: Add brief definition or description
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Ernst Mayr: (1904-2005) German biologist and major proponent of evolutionary philosophy. [e]
- George Gaylord Simpson: Add brief definition or description (1902-1984)[1][2].
- John Maynard Smith: Add brief definition or description
- Robert Trivers: Add brief definition or description
- Alfred Russel Wallace: (1823 – 1913) British explorer and naturalist, discovered the principle of natural selection independent of Darwin. [e]
- George C. Williams: Add brief definition or description
References
Citations and Notes
- ↑ Laporte LF. (2007) George Gaylord Simpson: Paleontologist & Evolutionist (1902-1984) Website accessed 09/30/2007. Source of extensive information (numerous links) about the life and work of George Gaylord Simpson.
- ↑ Laporte LF. (2000) George Gaylord Simpson, Paleontologist and Evolutionist. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-12064-8.
