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St. George Jackson Mivart FRS (30 November 1827 – 1 April 1900) was an English biologist. He is famous for starting as an ardent believer in natural selection and later becoming one of its fiercest critics.
Saint George Jackson Mivart was a British biologist, a leading critic of Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection. Unable to enter the University of Oxford after his conversion to Roman Catholicism (1844), Mivart continued his studies at St. Mary’s, Oscott (1844–46).
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A biography of a prominent Catholic biologist and philosopher who opposed Darwinism and was condemned by the Church for his heterodox views. Learn about his life, works, conversion, and controversies.
MIVART, GEORGE JACKSON, ST. Biologist; b. London, Nov. 30, 1827; d. London, April 1, 1900. He converted to Catholicism in 1844. He was confirmed at Oscott in 1845, the same year as William George ward and John Henry newman.
Apr 4, 2014 · St. George Jackson Mivart studied animals and worked in England during the nineteenth century. He also proposed a theory of organismal development that he called individuation, and he critiqued Charles Darwin's argument for evolution by natural selection.
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