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Richard Prum

American ornithologist, evolutionary biologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1961 · age 65

Richard O. Prum is an evolutionary biologist and ornithologist. He is the William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, as well as the head curator of vertebrate zoology at the university's Peabody Museum of Natural History.

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship
MacArthur Fellows Program

About this person

His 2017 book The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - and Us was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2017 by The New York Times and was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1961 · age 65