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Theodosius Dobzhansky
geneticist and evolutionary biologist (1900-1975)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 25 January 1900
- Died
- 18 December 1975
- Place of birth
- Nemyriv
- Place of death
- San Jacinto
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Theodosius
- Family name
- Dobzhansky
- Child
- Sophie D. Coe
- Field of work
- genetics, evolutionary biology, zoology, entomology
- Occupation
- evolutionary biologist, geneticist, zoologist, entomologist, university teacher, biologist, writer, naturalist, population geneticist
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Awards
- Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal, Kimber Genetics Award, Silliman Memorial Lectures, Darwin Badge, honorary doctor of the University of Sydney, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, National Medal of Science, Franklin Medal, honorary doctor of the University of Rennes I, Guggenheim Fellowship, honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII
- affiliation
- The Rockefeller University
- author citation (zoology)
- Dobzhansky
- cause of death
- heart failure
- doctoral advisor
- Yuri Filipchenko, Grigoriy Levitskiy, Sergei Chetverikov
- doctoral student
- Francisco J. Ayala, Richard Lewontin
- employer
- Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Saint Petersburg State University, California Institute of Technology, Columbia University, University of California, Davis, The Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Royal Society, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, National Academy of Sciences, Genetics Society of America, American Society of Naturalists, Society for the Study of Evolution, American Society of Zoologists, Behavior Genetics Association, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- named after
- Theodosius of Chernihiv
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- notable work
- Genetics and the Origin of Species
- patronym or matronym
- Grigoryevich
- residence
- Soviet Union, United States
- student
- Francisco J. Ayala
Connected on Wikidata
Author of
- Genetics and the Origin of Species
- Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution
- Die genetischen Grundlagen der Artbildung / Theodosius Dobzhansky. - 1939
- Evolution, genetics and man / Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky
- Radiation, genes, and man
- Evolution / Theodosius Dobzhansky, et al. - 1977
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