Peter Sneath

Peter Henry Andrews Sneath FRS,^[1] MD (17 November 1923 – September 9, 2011) was a British microbiologist who co-founded the field of numerical taxonomy, together with Robert R. Sokal. Sneath and Sokal wrote Principles of Numerical Taxonomy,^[2] revised in 1973 as Numerical Taxonomy.^[3] Sneath reviewed the state of numerical taxonomy in 1995^[4] and wrote some autobiographical notes in 2010.^[5]

Peter H. A. Sneath
Born	(1923-11-17)17 November 1923[1]
Died	9 September 2011(2011-09-09) (aged 87)
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Known for	numerical taxonomy
Awards	Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
Fields	microbiology
Institutions	University of Leicester
Thesis	The bacterial genus Chromobacterium (1959)
Author abbrev. (botany)	Sneath

A special issue of the journal Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, on microbial systematics, is dedicated to the memory of Peter Sneath.^[6]