Person Mayr; Ernst (1904 - 2005) Mayr Ernst 1904 - 2005 American Male Kempten, Germany 05/07/1904 19040705 Bedford, Massachusetts 03/01/2005 20050103

Biologist Ornithology Evolutionary biology Philosophy of biology Education: Medical studies at Greifswald University; Berlin, PhD, supervised by Erwin Stresemann, Curator of Birds, University of Berlin Museum of Natural History (1925-1926) Career: Assistant Curator, University of Berlin Museum of Natural History (1926-1932); expedition to New Guinea to collect for Walter Rothschild's museum at Tring (1928); expedition for American Museum of Natural History to Soloman Islands - it was reported that he had died at the hands of tribesmen (1928-1930); Associate Curator, Whitney-Rothschild Collection, American Museum of Natural History (1932 - 1944), Curator (1944-1953); appointed Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1953), Director (1961-1970), Professor Emeritus (1975); founded journal 'Evolution' in 1947; awarded Japan Prize; Balzan Prize (1983); International Prize for Biology (1994); Crafoord Prize, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1999); described 26 species and 472 subspecies previously unknown to science, published 25 books in the course of 81 years. Son of Otto Mayr, a judge; married (1935) Margarete (Gretel) Simon (died 1990) Medals and prizes: Darwin Medal 1984 Foreign Member 30/06/1988 83 Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2006 vol 52 pp 167-187, plate, by Walter J Bock Obituary in The Times (7 February 2005); Daily Telegraph (8 February 2005); Independent (10 February 2005) Sources: Mariana Cook 'Faces of Science' 2005 pp 114-115 photograph and account of his work in his own words International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 5 Jul 1904 - NA4744 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 4aa0ba0a-dc21-4f70-9844-22dc6e6336b0