# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-goodwin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:33:54.252Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-goodwin"
name: "Brian Goodwin"
slug: "brian-goodwin"
description: "Brian Carey Goodwin was a Canadian mathematician and biologist, a Professor Emeritus at the Open University and a founder of theoretical biology and biomathematics. He introduced the use of complex systems and generative models in developmental biology. He suggested that a reductionist view of nature fails to explain complex features, controversially proposing the structuralist theory that morphogenetic fields might substitute for natural selection in driving evolution. He was also a visible member of the Third Culture movement."
tagline: "Canadian mathematician and biologist (1931–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BrianSmall.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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birthDate: "1931-03-25"
deathDate: "2009-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump