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John Maynard Smith

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British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1920-2004)

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John Maynard Smith was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics under the biologist J. B. S. Haldane.

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2008Darwin-Wallace Medal
2001Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
1999Copley Medal
1999Crafoord Prize in Biosciences
1997Royal Medal
1995ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences
1995Linnean Medal
1995ASAB Medal
1991Balzan Prize
1989Frink Medal
1986Darwin Medal
1985Mendel Medal
1976Tinbergen Lecture
Honorary Fellow of the Zoological Society of London

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Ernst MayrAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Zoological Society of LondonW. D. HamiltonAlso won Tinbergen LectureGaylord SimpsonAlso won Darwin-Wallace MedalThomas Cavalier-SmithAlso won Frink MedalPaul R. EhrlichAlso won Crafoord Prize in BiosciencesJohn SulstonAlso won Darwin Medal

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John Maynard Smith was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics under the biologist J. B. S. Haldane. Maynard Smith was instrumental in the application of game theory to evolution with George R. Price, and theorised on other problems such as the evolution of sex and signalling theory.

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United Kingdom
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Scientists
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Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2004 · aged 84
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