Rosemary Grant

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Rosemary Grant is an evolutionary biologist renowned for her long-term field studies of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands, which have provided key insights into natural selection and speciation.

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instanceOf academic
evolutionary biologist
scientist
awardReceived Balzan Prize
Darwin–Wallace Medal
E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award
Kistler Prize
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1936
educatedAt University of British Columbia
University of Edinburgh
employer Princeton University
familyName Grant
fieldOfWork ecology
evolutionary biology
ornithology
givenName Rosemary
hasAcademicAdvisor Peter R. Grant
influencedBy Charles Darwin
knownFor long-term field studies of Darwin’s finches
research on natural selection in the wild
research on speciation
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Royal Society
notableWork 40-year study of Darwin’s finches on Daphne Major
occupation professor
placeOfBirth Rugby, Warwickshire, England
researchFocus adaptive radiation
genetics of beak morphology
hybridization in finches
microevolutionary processes
sexOrGender female
spouse Peter R. Grant
studied Galápagos finches
surface form: Darwin’s finches

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workLocation Daphne Major
Galápagos Islands

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Peter R. Grant collaboratedWith Rosemary Grant
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Peter R. Grant hasPartnerInResearch Rosemary Grant
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