George C. Williams

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author biologist evolutionary biologist university professor

George C. Williams was an influential evolutionary biologist best known for his work on adaptation, natural selection, and the gene-centered view of evolution.

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biologist ⓘ
evolutionary biologist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in biology ⓘ
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awardReceived Crafoord Prize ⓘ
surface form: Crafoord Prize in Biosciences

Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal ⓘ
birthDate 1926-05-12 ⓘ
birthPlace Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
coAuthor George C. Williams self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Randolph M. Nesse ⓘ
Randolph M. Nesse ⓘ
deathDate 2010-09-08 ⓘ
educatedAt Ohio State University ⓘ
University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: UCLA

University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
employer Stony Brook University ⓘ
surface form: State University of New York at Stony Brook

Stony Brook University ⓘ
familyName Williams ⓘ
fieldOfWork evolutionary biology ⓘ
evolutionary medicine ⓘ
evolutionary theory ⓘ
fullName George Christopher Williams ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
influenced Randolph M. Nesse ⓘ
Richard Dawkins ⓘ
modern gene-centered evolutionary theory ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ
J. B. S. Haldane ⓘ
Ronald A. Fisher ⓘ
surface form: R. A. Fisher
knownFor concept of antagonistic pleiotropy ⓘ
critique of group selection ⓘ
gene-centered view of evolution ⓘ
theory of the evolution of senescence ⓘ
work on adaptation ⓘ
work on natural selection ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: United States National Academy of Sciences
notableWork Adaptation and Natural Selection ⓘ
Natural Selection: Domains, Levels, and Challenges ⓘ
Sex and Evolution ⓘ
Why We Get Sick ⓘ
occupation professor of biology ⓘ
publicationYearOf Adaptation and Natural Selection (1966) ⓘ
Sex and Evolution (1975) ⓘ
Why We Get Sick (1994) ⓘ

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Darwin–Wallace Medal → notableRecipient → George C. Williams ⓘ
Leda Cosmides → influencedBy → George C. Williams ⓘ
David M. Buss → influencedBy → George C. Williams ⓘ
John Tooby → influencedBy → George C. Williams ⓘ
George C. Williams → coAuthor → George C. Williams self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Why We Get Sick
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subject surface form: Adaptation and Natural Selection
George C. Williams → author → George C. Williams self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Sex and Evolution
George C. Williams → author → George C. Williams self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Natural Selection: Domains, Levels, and Challenges