- Author: Ernst Mayr Author Record # 150076
- Legal Name: Mayr, Ernst Walter
- Birthplace: Kempten, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
- Birthdate: 5 July 1904
- Deathdate: 3 February 2005
- Language: English
- Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
- Note: One of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists. He was also a renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, philosopher of biology, and historian of science. His work contributed to the conceptual revolution that led to the modern evolutionary synthesis of Mendelian genetics, systematics, and Darwinian evolution, and to the development of the biological species concept.
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- Interview: Ernst Mayr (1983) by Carol A. Johmann