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George C. Williams

1926 - 2010

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George Christopher Williams (May 12, 1926 – September 8, 2010) was an American evolutionary biologist. Williams was a professor of biology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook who was best known for his vigorous critique of group selection. The work of Williams in this area, along with W. D. Hamilton, John Maynard Smith, Richard Dawkins, and others led to the development of the gene-centered view of evolution in the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George C. Williams is the 205th most popular biologist (up from 619th in 2019), the 1,757th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,539th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, George C. Williams ranks 205 out of 1,097. Before him are Hermann Schlegel, Joseph Banks, Har Gobind Khorana, César Milstein, Ludwig Reichenbach, and Wilhelm Johannsen. After him are Hans Driesch, George Wald, William Carey, Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, Olaus Rudbeck, and Gregory Goodwin Pincus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, George C. Williams ranks 89. Before him are Robert Fogel, Michel Butor, David H. Hubel, Ta Mok, Richard Matheson, and Noah Gordon. After him are Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, Heikki Hasu, César Pelli, Shigeo Sugimoto, Hugo Banzer, and Teddy Scholten. Among people deceased in 2010, George C. Williams ranks 49. Before him are Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, Blake Edwards, Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, Enzo Bearzot, Sigmar Polke, and Maria Kaczyńska. After him are Bekim Fehmiu, John Forsythe, Teddy Scholten, Juliet Anderson, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, and Bent Larsen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George C. Williams ranks 1,757 out of 20,380. Before him are Dionne Warwick (1940), Tom Lister Jr. (1958), Owen Garriott (1930), Kendall Jenner (1995), Lee Grant (1927), and Anthony Mann (1906). After him are Burt Bacharach (1928), Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), Jacque Fresco (1916), Thomas Schelling (1921), Stevie Nicks (1948), and Ronald Dworkin (1931).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, George C. Williams ranks 39. Before him are Leland H. Hartwell (1939), Norman Borlaug (1914), Carl Woese (1928), Paul Greengard (1925), Bruce Beutler (1957), and Jack Horner (1946). After him are George Wald (1906), Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903), J. Michael Bishop (1936), James Dwight Dana (1813), Eric F. Wieschaus (1947), and Jeffrey C. Hall (1945).

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