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Ernst Mayr

Ernst Walter Mayr (/maɪər/ MYRE; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}German: ; 5 July 1904 – 3 February 2005) was a German-American evolutionary biologist. He was also a renowned taxonomist…

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Awards
Leidy Award (1946) · Darwin-Wallace Medal (Silver, 1958) · Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1967) · National Medal of Science (1969) · Linnean Medal (1977)
Education
University of Greifswald · Humboldt University of Berlin
Born
Ernst Walter Mayr (1904-07-05)5 July 1904 Kempten, Bavaria, German Empire
Children
2 daughters
Citizenship
Germany US
Died
3 February 2005(2005-02-03) (aged 100) Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.

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related to Currently recognised taxa named in his honour · 82
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related to Later life and influence · 20
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Awards · 9
Ernst Mayr → Balzan Prize (1983), Crafoord Prize (1999), Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1967), Darwin Medal (1984), Darwin-Wallace Medal (Silver, 1958), International Prize for Biology (1994), Leidy Award (1946), Linnean Medal (1977), National Medal of Science (1969)
Fields · 4
Ernst Mayr → evolutionary biology, ornithology, philosophy of biology, Systematics
related to Units of selection · 4
Ernst Mayr → Edge, He, In, Mayr
Education · 2
Ernst Mayr → Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Greifswald
Parents · 2
Ernst Mayr → Helene Pusinelli Mayr (mother), Otto Mayr (father)

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Ernst MayrAwardsLinnean Medal (1977)1.00infobox
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Ernst MayrChildren2 daughters1.00infobox
Ernst MayrCitizenshipGermany US1.00infobox
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