Ernst Mayr

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evolutionary biologist human ornithologist philosopher of biology science historian systematist

Ernst Mayr was a pioneering 20th-century evolutionary biologist and systematist whose work on species concepts and population thinking helped shape modern evolutionary theory.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	evolutionary biologist → human → ornithologist → philosopher of biology → science historian → systematist →
academicDegree	doctorate in zoology →
awardReceived	Balzan Prize → Crafoord Prize → Darwin–Wallace Medal → Linnean Medal → National Medal of Science →
citizenship	Germany → United States of America →
countryOfBirth	German Empire →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1904-07-05 →
dateOfDeath	2005-02-03 →
educatedAt	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich → University of Greifswald →
employer	American Museum of Natural History → Harvard University → Museum of Comparative Zoology →
familyName	Mayr →
fieldOfWork	evolutionary biology → history of biology → ornithology → philosophy of biology → systematics →
givenName	Ernst →
influenced	evolutionary theory → philosophy of biology → systematics and taxonomy →
knownFor	allopatric speciation concept → biological species concept → contributions to the modern evolutionary synthesis → population thinking in evolutionary biology → systematics and classification of birds → work on speciation →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → German →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →
movement	modern evolutionary synthesis →
name	Ernst Mayr →
notableWork	Animal Species and Evolution → Systematics and the Origin of Species → The Growth of Biological Thought → This Is Biology → What Evolution Is →
placeOfBirth	Kempten im Allgäu →
placeOfDeath	Bedford, Massachusetts →
positionHeld	director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology →
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts → New York City →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Theodosius Dobzhansky →	influenced
modern evolutionary synthesis →	influencedBy
Ernst Mayr →	name
Darwin–Wallace Medal →	notableRecipient