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Thomas Cavalier-Smith

Thomas (Tom) Cavalier-Smith, FRS, FRSC, NERC Professorial Fellow (21 October 1942 – 19 March 2021), was a professor of evolutionary biology in the Department of Zoology, at the University of Oxford.

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Known for
Cavalier-Smith's system of classification of all organisms
Alma mater
Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, King's College London
Born
(1942-10-21)21 October 1942 London, United Kingdom
Died
19 March 2021(2021-03-19) (aged 78)
Fields
Protistology · Systematics
Thesis
Organelle Development in Chlamydomonas reinhardii (1967)

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Thomas Cavalier-Smith → Protistology, Systematics
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Thomas Cavalier-Smith → Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, King's College London
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Thomas Cavalier-Smith → (1942-10-21)21 October 1942 London, United Kingdom
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Thomas Cavalier-Smith → 19 March 2021(2021-03-19) (aged 78)
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Thomas Cavalier-Smith → Cavalier-Smith's system of classification of all organisms
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Thomas Cavalier-Smith → Organelle Development in Chlamydomonas reinhardii (1967)
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Thomas Cavalier-Smith → www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/people/view/cavaliersmith_t.htm
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Thomas Cavalier-Smith → King's College London, University of British Columbia, University of Oxford

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