Ernst Mayr

Ernst Mayr

male, deceased (2005)
Centenarian, National Medal of Science recipient, Ernst Walter Mayr, Kempten im Allgäu, Kempten, speciation…modernevolutionarysynthesis, Evolutionary biologist
Ernst Walter Mayr (July 5, 1904, Kempten, Germany - February 3, 2005, Bedford, Massachusetts U.S.), was one of the 20th century's leading...
Sewall Wright

Sewall Wright

male, deceased (1998)
Biologist, geneticist, natural selection, Evolutionary biologist, evolutionary theory, American…modernevolutionarysynthesis
Sewall Green Wright ForMemRS (December 21, 1889 – March 3, 1988) was an American geneticist known for his influential work on evolutionary th...
Motoo Kimura

Motoo Kimura

male, deceased (1994)
Foreign Member of the Royal Society, theoretical population geneticist, Aichi Prefecture, Evolutionary biologist, scientist, mathematics…modernevolutionarysynthesis, Modern synthesis
Motoo Kimura, (November 13, 1924 - November 13, 1994) was a Japanese biologist best known for introducing the neutral theory of molecular evolution...
George Gaylord Simpson

George Gaylord Simpson

male, deceased (1984)
Harvard University, Columbia University, zoology, Curator, twentieth century, american museum of natural history…modernevolutionarysynthesis, Modern synthesis
George Gaylord Simpson (June 16, 1902 - October 6, 1984) was an American paleontologist. He was an expert on extinct mammals and their...
G. Ledyard Stebbins

G. Ledyard Stebbins

male, deceased (2000)
geneticist, Harvard University, hybrid, University of California, Berkeley, National Medal of Science recipient, National Medal of Science…modernevolutionarysynthesis, Evolutionary biologist, evolutionary biology
George Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. (January 6 1906 - January 19 2000) was an American botanist and geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the...
Bernhard Rensch

Bernhard Rensch

male, deceased (1990)
Biologist, German, Evolutionary biologist, modernevolutionarysynthesis
Bernhard Rensch (21 January 1900-4 April 1990) was a German biologist, and one of the architects of the modern evolutionary synthesis, which he...

Sergei Chetverikov

male, deceased (1959)
Lysenkoists, synthetic theory of evolution, population genetics, OGPU, nizhny novgorod, lysenko…modernevolutionarysynthesis
Sergei Sergeevich Chetverikov (1880-1959) was one of founders of population genetics and synthetic theory of evolution. In 1926 Chetverikov...

Yuri Filipchenko

male
Russian, scientist, mendel, macroevolution, modernevolutionarysynthesis, orthogenesis…The Modern Synthesis
Yuri Filipchenko (sometimes spelled Philipchenko), Russian entomologist and coiner of the terms "microevolution" and "macroevolution". Mentor of...

Leo Buss

male
Yale University, modernevolutionarysynthesis, Modern synthesis, Weismann barrier, The Evolution of Individuality, cell compartmentalization…Evolutionary biologist, evolutionary biology, evolutionary developmental biology
Leo W. Buss is a Professor in Yale University's departments of geology, geophysics, and ecology and evolutionary biology. He is also the author of...
Ivan Ivanovich Schmalhausen

Ivan Ivanovich Schmalhausen

male, deceased (1963)
zoologist, German, Russian, zoology, Evolutionary biologist, From Kiev…modernevolutionarysynthesis
Ivan Ivanovich Schmalhausen (April 23, 1884 - October 7, 1963) was a Russian zoologist and evolutionist. He was one of the central figures in the...