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E. B. Ford

1901 - 1988

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Edmund Brisco "Henry" Ford (23 April 1901 – 2 January 1988) was a British ecological geneticist. He was a leader among those British biologists who investigated the role of natural selection in nature. As a schoolboy Ford became interested in lepidoptera, the group of insects which includes butterflies and moths. He went on to study the genetics of natural populations, and invented the field of ecological genetics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. E. B. Ford is the 1,037th most popular biologist (up from 1,076th in 2019), the 5,564th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,395th in 2019) and the 183rd most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, E. B. Ford ranks 1,037 out of 1,097. Before him are William Henry Harvey, George R. Price, Philippa Marrack, Elmer McCollum, Aristid Lindenmayer, and Ethelwynn Trewavas. After him are Peter Duesberg, Lucy Shapiro, Asuman Baytop, Francis Walker, Bryan Sykes, and Timothy Ray Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, E. B. Ford ranks 342. Before him are Pauline Starke, Nikolay Akimov, H. Bruce Humberstone, Malcolm MacDonald, Rudy Vallée, and George Tobias. After him are Chester Morris, John C. Stennis, Gilda Gray, Putte Kock, Alex James, and Nikolai Khmelyov. Among people deceased in 1988, E. B. Ford ranks 257. Before him are Raúl Landini, Oleg Zhakov, Alf Martinsen, John Clellon Holmes, André Saeys, and Alexander Bashlachev. After him are Frans Peeraer, Ron Staniforth, Irene Rich, Bonita Granville, Kenneth Williams, and Nikolai Sologubov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, E. B. Ford ranks 5,566 out of 8,785. Before him are Ted Burgin (1927), Malcolm Gladwell (1963), Neville Southall (1958), Michaela Coel (1987), Tulisa (1988), and Neil Sloane (1939). After him are Stuart Baird (1947), Alan Pardew (1961), David Hobbs (1939), Justin Fashanu (1961), Steve Rothery (1959), and Peter Giles (1944).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, E. B. Ford ranks 183. Before him are David Lack (1910), John Belchier (1706), Karl Shuker (1959), Richard Meinertzhagen (1878), Philippa Marrack (1945), and Ethelwynn Trewavas (1900). After him are Francis Walker (1809), Bryan Sykes (1947), William Forsell Kirby (1844), Francis Maitland Balfour (1851), Steve Jones (1944), and George Don (1798).

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