E. B. Ford
British ecological geneticist (1901–1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edmund Brisco "Henry" Ford FRS FRCP[1] (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. Ford was awarded the Royal Society's Darwin Medal in 1954. In the wider world his best known work is Butterflies (1945).
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Edmund Brisco "Henry" Ford | |
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Born | Edmund Brisco Ford (1901-04-23)23 April 1901 Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England |
Died | 2 January 1988(1988-01-02) (aged 86) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
Education | St Bees School, Cumberland, England; University of Oxford, Wadham College |
Awards | Darwin Medal Weldon Memorial Prize (1959) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Ecological genetics |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
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