These researchers contributed to a burst of evolutionary studies in the traditional biological disciplines and in some emerging ones—notably population genetics and,… L'un des principaux contributeurs de la théorie synthétique de l’évolution, il a notamment fourni une définition de l'espèce fondée exclusivement sur le critère de l'interfécondité et étudié la spéciation.

Il a dirigé des biologistes évolutionnistes et influencé des philosophes de la biologie et, à l'instar de Charles Darwin, a œuvré pour une meilleure compréhension de l'importance fondamentale de l'évolution organique. • Walter J. Bock (1994). During his tenure at the Berlin Museum, from 1926 to 1930, Mayr led ornithological expeditions to Dutch New Guinea and German Mandated New Guinea.

…were the German-born American zoologist Ernst Mayr, the English zoologist Julian Huxley, the American paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson, and the American botanist George Ledyard Stebbins. He earned his Ph.D. in ornithology at the age of 21 from the University of Berlin in 1926. Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species captivated biologists far beyond the confines of genetics. He was also a renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, philosopher of biology, and historian of science. Starting from zoological taxonomy he has made fundamental contributions to the study of the problems of evolution and of the theoretical impact of Darwinism on modern thought. Ernst Walter Mayr, more commonly known as Ernst Mayr, was a German-born American who made decisive and groundbreaking contributions to avian taxonomy, evolution and population genetics. Ernst Mayr has been universally acknowledged as the leading evolutionary biologist of the twentieth century.

(ISSN 0169-3867) He is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees and awards, including the National Medal of Science, the Balzan Prize, and the Japan Prize. Ernst Walter Mayr (5 July 1904, Kempten, Germany – 3 February 2005, Bedford, Massachusetts), was a German American scientist.He was one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists.He was also a well-known taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, historian of science, and naturalist.He was a leading contributor to the modern evolutionary synthesis. He contributed to the conceptual revolution that led to the modern evolutionary synthesis of Mendelian genetics, systematics, and Darwinian evolution, and to the development of the biological species concept… He was also a renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, and historian of science. Widely credited as the world’s greatest evolutionary biologist in history, Mayr was fondly called the “Darwin of the 20th century”. Dr. Ernst Mayr, the leading evolutionary biologist of the 20th century, died on Thursday in Bedford, Mass. Ernst Walter Mayr (5 July 1904, Kempten, Germany – 3 February 2005, Bedford, Massachusetts), was a German American scientist.He was one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists.He was also a well-known taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, historian of science, and naturalist.He was a leading contributor to the modern evolutionary synthesis. Zoologiste américain (Kempten, Allemagne, 1904-Bedford, Massachusetts, 2005). Mayr specialized in discovering … Ernst Mayr Biographie et Contributions Ernst Mayr Il était un naturaliste et ornithologue systématique éminent, connu comme l'architecte de la théorie synthétique de l'évolution. (617) 495-2475 ERNST MAYR is Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, at Harvard University. Ernst Mayr helped define the modern synthesis of evolutionary theory, proposing the " Biological Species Concept." Ernst Mayr, the author of more than 500 papers and of ten original books, appears as one of the foremost contemporary students of biological evolution. Mayr is one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists. In the mountains of New Guinea, an ornithologist named Ernst Mayr (right) found the book to be an enormous inspiration. His work contributed to the conceptual revolution that led to the The Ernst Mayr Library: 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Ernst Mayr born July 5, 1904, Germany – February 3, 2005, was one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists. Ernst Mayr, Naturalist: His Contributions to Systematics and Evolution, Biology and Philosophy, 9 : 267-327.