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Feb 10, 2005 · Ernst Mayr, the Harvard University evolutionary biologist who has been called “the Darwin of the 20th century,” died on Feb. 3 at a retirement community in Bedford, Mass. A member of the Harvard faculty for more than half a century, he was 100.
Feb 16, 2005 · The achievements for which Mayr is best known fall into six areas. First, as an ornithologist he was the leading expert on birds of New Guinea and the tropical southwest Pacific; he described...
Feb 4, 2005 · Feb. 4, 2005. > Dr. Ernst Mayr, the leading evolutionary biologist of the 20th century, died on Thursday in Bedford, Mass. He was 100. Dr. Mayr's death, in a retirement community where he...
Feb 3, 2005 · The greatest evolutionary biologist of the 20th century, Ernst Mayr fused Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection with the modern science of genetics. His 1942 book, Systematics and the Origin of Species, established the "biological species" concept, altering mankind's understanding of the nature of a species.
Jul 6, 2004 · July 6, 2004. 11 min read. The Evolution of Ernst: Interview with Ernst Mayr. The preeminent biologist, who just turned 100, reflects on his prolific career and the history, philosophy and...
Feb 4, 2005 · The evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr died on 3 February at the age of 100, after a short illness. A hugely prolific writer and researcher, he was instrumental in developing modern ideas in...
Ernst Mayr and the Evolutionary Synthesis. Ernst Mayr helped define the modern synthesis of evolutionary theory, proposing the " Biological Species Concept ." In particular, his work on...
