Memorial Page for Ernst Mayr
Jul 5, 1904 – Feb 3, 2005(100 years)Died in:Bedford, Middlesex County
German-American evolutionary biologist
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Ernst Mayr
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Ernst Mayr (* July 5, 1904 in Kempten; † February 3, 2005 in Bedford) was a german-American evolutionary biologist. He was 100 years old. He studied at University of Greifswald. His faith was atheism. He received 10 awards, including Leidy Award, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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12 EventsBorn in Kempten, Swabia
1904Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
1926until 1932
Leidy Award
1946Darwin–Wallace Medal
1958Brewster Medal
1965Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal
1967National Medal of Science
1969doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University
1975Linnean Medal
1977Elliott Coues Award
1977Gregor Mendel Medal
1980Died in Bedford, Middlesex County
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Ernst Mayr. Forever remembered.