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G. Evelyn Hutchinson

1903 - 1991

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George Evelyn Hutchinson (January 30, 1903 – May 17, 1991) was a British ecologist sometimes described as the "father of modern ecology." He contributed for more than sixty years to the fields of limnology, systems ecology, radiation ecology, entomology, genetics, biogeochemistry, a mathematical theory of population growth, art history, philosophy, religion, and anthropology. He worked on the passage of phosphorus through lakes, the chemistry and biology of lakes, the theory of interspecific competition, and on insect taxonomy and genetics, zoo-geography, and African water bugs. He is known as one of the first to combine ecology with mathematics. He became an international expert on lakes and wrote the four-volume Treatise on Limnology in 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. G. Evelyn Hutchinson is the 916th most popular biologist (down from 872nd in 2019), the 4,172nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,242nd in 2019) and the 148th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, G. Evelyn Hutchinson ranks 916 out of 1,097. Before him are Stanley Norman Cohen, Jenny Clack, Edward Newton, Janet Rowley, François Gagnepain, and Robert Wight. After him are Joshua Brookes, Jan Sztolcman, Edward Bagnall Poulton, Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, Thomas Thomson, and Gaston Bonnier.

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Among people born in 1903, G. Evelyn Hutchinson ranks 286. Before him are Ali Sastroamidjojo, Gérard Delbeke, Yashpal, Hermanni Pihlajamäki, Fernand Jourdant, and Norman Foster. After him are Nancy Carroll, Hans Christian Branner, Afanasy Beloborodov, Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Nilo Murtinho Braga, and Curly Howard. Among people deceased in 1991, G. Evelyn Hutchinson ranks 206. Before him are Nikola Radović, Adãozinho, Gustav Schäfer, Fiorenzo Marini, David Marshall Lang, and Giacomo Mari. After him are Márcio Melo, Bruno Venturini, Mildred Dunnock, Robin Hill, James Franciscus, and Inga Gentzel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, G. Evelyn Hutchinson ranks 4,173 out of 8,785. Before him are Geraldine Beamish (1883), Julian Bailey (1961), David Lloyd (1950), Sid Kimpton (1887), Julian Richings (1955), and Robert Wight (1796). After him are Craig Armstrong (1959), Wilko Johnson (1947), Muriel Freeman (1897), Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), A. E. Housman (1859), and Joseph Grimaldi (1778).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, G. Evelyn Hutchinson ranks 148. Before him are Louis Fraser (1810), Joseph Barcroft (1872), Keith Campbell (1954), Jenny Clack (1947), Edward Newton (1832), and Robert Wight (1796). After him are Edward Bagnall Poulton (1856), Thomas Thomson (1817), Thomas Pennant (1726), George Edwards (1694), Maxwell T. Masters (1833), and Mark Catesby (1683).

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