Lynn Margulis

E1643

Lynn Margulis was an influential American biologist best known for developing the endosymbiotic theory, which revolutionized understanding of the origin of eukaryotic cells.

Aliases (2)
  • Lynn Margulis (as collaborator on Gaia hypothesis development) ×1
  • Lynn Petra Margulis ×1

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
instanceOf author
biologist
evolutionary biologist
microbiologist
science communicator
university professor
academicDegree B.A. in Liberal Arts
M.S. in Genetics and Zoology
Ph.D. in Genetics
awardReceived Crafoord Prize
Darwin–Wallace Medal
National Medal of Science
birthName Lynn Petra Alexander
causeOfDeath stroke
child Dorion Sagan
Jeremy Sagan
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1938-03-05
dateOfDeath 2011-11-22
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Wisconsin–Madison
employer Boston University
University of Massachusetts Amherst
fieldOfWork cell biology
evolutionary biology
microbiology
symbiosis research
fullName Lynn Petra Margulis
influenced evolutionary theory on the role of symbiosis
influencedBy Ivan Wallin
James Lovelock
Konstantin Mereschkowski
knownFor Gaia hypothesis advocacy
endosymbiotic theory
research on symbiosis in evolution
serial endosymbiosis theory
work on the origin of eukaryotic cells
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
notableWork Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species
Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution
Origin of Eukaryotic Cells
Symbiosis in Cell Evolution
What Is Life?
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld Distinguished University Professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Professor of Biology at Boston University
proposedThat chloroplasts originated from free-living photosynthetic bacteria via endosymbiosis
mitochondria originated from free-living bacteria via endosymbiosis
spouse Carl Sagan
Thomas N. Margulis
theoryDeveloped serial endosymbiosis theory


Please wait…