G. Evelyn Hutchinson

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academic ecologist limnologist person

G. Evelyn Hutchinson was a pioneering 20th-century ecologist often called the "father of modern ecology" for his influential work on ecological niches, limnology, and the theoretical foundations of population and community ecology.

Aliases (1)

George Evelyn Hutchinson ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → ecologist → limnologist → person →
awardReceived	A. C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award → Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal → National Medal of Science →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1903-01-30 →
dateOfDeath	1991-05-17 →
educatedAt	Emmanuel College, Cambridge → Gresham's School →
employer	Yale University →
familyName	Hutchinson →
fieldOfWork	biogeochemistry → community ecology → ecology → limnology → population ecology → systems ecology →
fullName	George Evelyn Hutchinson →
givenName	Evelyn → George →
hasAcademicDiscipline	biology →
influenced	Lawrence B. Slobodkin → Robert MacArthur → Stephen Jay Gould → many 20th-century ecologists →
knownFor	being called the father of modern ecology → formulating the n-dimensional ecological niche concept → foundational work in limnology → theoretical foundations of community ecology → theoretical foundations of population ecology →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences →
notableStudent	Lawrence B. Slobodkin → Robert MacArthur →
notableWork	Homage to Santa Rosalia, or Why Are There So Many Kinds of Animals? → The Ecological Theater and the Evolutionary Play → The niche: an abstractly inhabited hypervolume → Treatise on Limnology →
occupation	research scientist → university professor →
placeOfBirth	Cambridge, England →
placeOfDeath	London, England →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	New Haven, Connecticut →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Homage to Santa Rosalia, or Why Are There So Many Kinds of Animals? → The niche: an abstractly inhabited hypervolume →	author
Robert H. MacArthur → Robert Helmer MacArthur →	influencedBy
Robert H. MacArthur →	academicAdvisor
G. Evelyn Hutchinson ("George Evelyn Hutchinson") →	fullName
Robert Helmer MacArthur →	hasAcademicAdvisor