| Authorised form of name | Cavalli-Sforza; Luigi Luca (1922 - 2018) |
| Other forms of name | Luigi Luca Cavalli- |
| Other forms of surname | Sforza |
| Dates | 1922 - 2018 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Place of birth | Genoa, Italy |
| Date of birth | 25/01/1922 |
| Place of death | Belluno, Italy |
| Date of death | 31/08/2018 |
| Research field | Genetics |
| Activity | Education:
University of Pavia, Italy, M.D. (1944)
Career:
Research assistant, Istituto Sieroterapico, Milan, Italy (1945-1948); Research assistant, Department of Genetics, Cambridge, UK (1948-1950); Director of Research in Microbiology, Istituto Sieroterapico Milanese, Milan, Italy (1950-1957); Lecturer in Genetics and Statistics, Universities of PArma and Pavia, Italy (1951-1960); Professor of Genetics, University of Parma, Italy (1960-1962); Professor of Genetics and Director of Istituto of Genetica, University of Pavia, Italy (1962-1970); Professor of Genetics, Stanford University, USA (1971-1992); Emeritus Professor of Genetics, Stanford University, USA (from 1992) |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 18/06/1992 |
| Age at election | 70 |
| Source | Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi Luca PIF; |
| Code | NA6377 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/000768 | Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi Luca | 1993 |
| EC/1992/42 | Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi Luca: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1987 |