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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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 ⓘ
Harvard Museum of Natural History ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
notableWork Animal Species and Evolution ⓘ
Systematics and the Origin of Species ⓘ
The Growth of Biological Thought ⓘ
This Is Biology ⓘ
What Evolution Is ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kempten ⓘ
surface form: Kempten im Allgäu
placeOfDeath Bedford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology ⓘ
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
New York City ⓘ

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modern evolutionary synthesis → influencedBy → Ernst Mayr ⓘ
Darwin–Wallace Medal → notableRecipient → Ernst Mayr ⓘ
Theodosius Dobzhansky → influenced → Ernst Mayr ⓘ
Ernst Mayr → name → Ernst Mayr self-link ⓘ
Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal → notableRecipient → Ernst Mayr ⓘ
Taeniopygia → describedBy → Ernst Mayr ⓘ
Mayr → hasNotableBearer → Ernst Mayr ⓘ
Animal Species and Evolution → author → Ernst Mayr ⓘ
The Growth of Biological Thought → author → Ernst Mayr ⓘ
This Is Biology → author → Ernst Mayr ⓘ
What Evolution Is → author → Ernst Mayr ⓘ
Systematics and the Origin of Species → author → Ernst Mayr ⓘ
Jerry Coyne → influencedBy → Ernst Mayr ⓘ