Ernst Mayr
German-American evolutionary biologist (1904-2005) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 100
Ernst Walter Mayr was a German-American evolutionary biologist. He was also a renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, philosopher of biology, and historian of science.
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2005Died3 February 20052003Treviranus MedalAward2000Loye and Alden Miller Research AwardAward1996Honorary Doctor of the French National Museum of Natural HistoryAward1995Godman-Salvin MedalAward1988Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1986George Sarton MedalAward1983Balzan PrizeAwardEisenmann MedalAward1977Elliott Coues AwardAwardLinnean MedalAward1969National Medal of ScienceAward1967Daniel Giraud Elliot MedalAward1958Darwin-Wallace MedalAward1946Leidy AwardAward1904Born5 July 1904
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His work contributed to the conceptual revolution that led to the modern evolutionary synthesis of Mendelian genetics, systematics, and Darwinian evolution, and to the development of the biological species concept.
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Lived 1904 to 2005 · aged 100
