Michael Majerus
British geneticist (1954–2009) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael Eugene Nicolas Majerus (13 February 1954 – 27 January 2009) was a British geneticist and professor of evolution at the University of Cambridge. He was also a teaching fellow at Clare College, Cambridge. He was an enthusiast in Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and became a world authority in his field of insect evolutionary biology. He was widely noted for his work on moths and ladybirds and as an advocate of the science of evolution. He was also an enthusiastic educator[1][2] and the author of several books on insects,[3][4] evolution[5][6] and sexual reproduction.[7] He is best remembered as an ardent supporter and champion of experiments on peppered moth evolution.[8][9]
Michael E. N. Majerus | |
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Born | (1954-02-13)13 February 1954 Middlesex, England |
Died | 27 January 2009(2009-01-27) (aged 54) Coton, Cambridgeshire, England |
Alma mater | Royal Holloway College |
Known for | Peppered moth evolution |
Awards | Sir Peter Scott Memorial Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Entomology, Evolutionary biology, Genetics |
Institutions | Keele University University of Cambridge Clare College, Cambridge |