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Warwick Estevam Kerr

1922 - 2018

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Warwick Estevam Kerr (9 September 1922 – 15 September 2018) was a Brazilian agricultural engineer, geneticist, entomologist, professor and scientific leader, notable for his discoveries in the genetics and sex determination of bees. The Africanized bee in the western hemisphere is directly descended from 26 Tanzanian queen bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) accidentally released by one of his assistant bee-keepers. When reassembling a hive, the assistant forgot to install the queen excluder. This occurred in 1957 in Rio Claro, São Paulo in the southeast of Brazil from hives operated by Kerr, who had interbred honey bees from Europe and southern Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Warwick Estevam Kerr is the 838th most popular biologist (down from 788th in 2019), the 555th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 614th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Brazilian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Warwick Estevam Kerr ranks 838 out of 1,097. Before him are Alfred Cogniaux, Osbert Salvin, Michael Sars, Robert Collett, Richard Spruce, and René Dubos. After him are David Keilin, Charles Sibley, Hans von Berlepsch, Albert William Herre, Clinton Hart Merriam, and Beatrice Mintz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Warwick Estevam Kerr ranks 300. Before him are Félix Loustau, Dora Doll, Osvaldo Fattori, Riccardo Carapellese, Frédéric Rossif, and Giorgio Anglesio. After him are Ilmar Kullam, Božo Broketa, Nino Bibbia, Lidiya Ponomarenko, Mariya Dolina, and Leslie Marr. Among people deceased in 2018, Warwick Estevam Kerr ranks 332. Before him are Aureliano Bolognesi, Paddy Ashdown, Shuhrat Abbosov, Adolf Grünbaum, István Géczi, and John Julius Norwich. After him are Alexander Zakharchenko, Neagu Djuvara, Robby Müller, Nh. Dini, Jon Hiseman, and Vanessa Marquez.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Warwick Estevam Kerr ranks 555 out of 2,236. Before him are Tarcísio Meira (1935), Graciliano Ramos (1892), Zé Maria (1949), Edson Tavares (1956), Luisão (1981), and José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1819). After him are Nélida Piñon (1937), Cacau (1981), Rildo da Costa Menezes (1942), Irmã Dulce (1914), Tetsuo Okamoto (1932), and Batista (1955).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Brazil

Among biologists born in Brazil, Warwick Estevam Kerr ranks 5. Before him are Peter Medawar (1915), Euclides da Cunha (1866), Bertha Lutz (1894), and João Barbosa Rodrigues (1842).

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