| Authorised form of name | Smith; John Maynard (1920 - 2004) |
| Dates | 1920 - 2004 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London |
| Date of birth | 06/01/1920 |
| Date of death | 19/04/2004 |
| Research field | Biology |
| Activity | Education:
Eton College; Trinity College, Cambridge (Engineering); University College London (Zoology, 1947-1951)
Career:
Myles Aircraft (1942-1947); Lecturer in Zoology (1952-1965); Dean, School of Biological Sciences, Sussex University (1965- 1985); Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of Sussex; Italian Balzan Prize (1991); Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society (1995); Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Crafoord Prize (1999 - with Ernst Mayr and George C Williams); Inamori Foundation Kyoto Prize (2001)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/03/1977 |
| Age at election | 57 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1991-1993; VP 1991-1993
Medals and prizes:
Darwin Medal 1986; Royal Medal 1997; Copley Medal 1999
Lectures:
Bernal 1980 |
| Relationships | Married (1941) Sheila Matthew |
| Source | Sources:
Obituaries in The Guardian (22 April 2004; 24 April 2004); The Telegraph (22 April 2004) and The Times (22 April 2004)
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2005 vol 51 pp 253-265, plate, by Brian Charlesworth FRS and Paul Harvey FRS |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/98043225 |
| Code | NA5065 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| AV/2/37 | The origin of life / John Maynard Smith | |
| IM/004282 | Maynard Smith, John | nd |
| IM/004283 | Maynard Smith, John | 1997 |
| IM/003037 | Maynard Smith, John | 1999 |
| AV/1/1/14b | Science, ideology and myth/ John Maynard Smith | 24 April 1980 |
| AV/2/38 | Flight in birds and aeroplanes / John Maynard Smith | |
| CH/10/38 | Cutting of a letter from Professor John Maynard Smith to the Editor of the Times relating to Equipment grants | 30 July 1967 |
| AV/2/22 | Seven wonders of the world | 1995 |
| AV/1/1/14a | Experiments in microbial evolution: new techniques, new enzymes, new metabolic activities/ Patricia Hannah Clarke | 8 November 1979 |
| EC/1977/31 | Smith, John Maynard: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1976 |