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Richard Goldschmidt

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German-American biologist (1878-1958)

United StatesScientistsLived 1878 to 1958 · aged 80
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Richard Benedict Goldschmidt was a German geneticist. He is considered the first to attempt to integrate genetics, development, and evolution. He pioneered understanding of reaction norms, genetic assimilation, dynamical genetics, sex determination, and heterochrony.

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1951Guggenheim Fellowship
1939Silliman Memorial Lectures
1935honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi

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William Wallace CampbellAlso won Silliman Memorial LecturesJohn MilneAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te ApārangiJosé Miguel BarandiaránAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Madrid ComplutenseBill PickeringAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te ApārangiCristina IglesiasAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Madrid ComplutenseFranz CumontAlso won Silliman Memorial Lectures

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Richard Benedict Goldschmidt was a German geneticist. He is considered the first to attempt to integrate genetics, development, and evolution. He pioneered understanding of reaction norms, genetic assimilation, dynamical genetics, sex determination, and heterochrony. Controversially, Goldschmidt advanced a model of macroevolution through macromutations popularly known as the "Hopeful Monster" hypothesis.

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United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1878 to 1958 · aged 80
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