Sewall Wright

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evolutionary biologist geneticist human population geneticist

Sewall Wright was an American geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose pioneering work on population genetics and genetic drift helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.

Aliases (1)

Sewall Green Wright ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	evolutionary biologist → geneticist → human → population geneticist →
academicDegree	PhD in zoology →
awardReceived	Balzan Prize → Darwin Medal → National Medal of Science →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1889-12-21 →
dateOfDeath	1988-03-03 →
educatedAt	Harvard University → Lombard College →
employer	United States Department of Agriculture → University of Chicago → University of Wisconsin–Madison →
familyName	Wright →
father	Philip Green Wright →
fieldOfWork	biostatistics → evolutionary biology → genetics → population genetics →
fullName	Sewall Green Wright →
givenName	Sewall →
influenced	J. B. S. Haldane → Ronald A. Fisher → Theodosius Dobzhansky → modern evolutionary synthesis →
knownFor	analysis of inbreeding and population structure → foundational work in population genetics → mathematical models of evolution →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Philosophical Society → National Academy of Sciences →
notableConcept	adaptive landscape → genetic drift → inbreeding coefficient → shifting balance theory →
notableWork	Evolution and the Genetics of Populations → Evolution in Mendelian Populations → The Roles of Mutation, Inbreeding, Crossbreeding and Selection in Evolution →
placeOfBirth	Melrose, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	Madison, Wisconsin, United States →
positionHeld	Professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison → Professor of zoology at the University of Chicago →
religion	Unitarian Universalism →
sibling	Quincy Wright → Theodore Paul Wright →
studied	guinea pig coat color inheritance →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis → Theodosius Dobzhansky → modern evolutionary synthesis →	influencedBy
Sewall Wright ("Sewall Green Wright") →	fullName
Darwin–Wallace Medal →	notableRecipient