G. Evelyn Hutchinson
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G. Evelyn Hutchinson holding a baby potto |
George Evelyn Hutchinson (born
January 30,
1903, died
May 17,
1991) was an
Anglo-American zoologist known for his studies of freshwater
lakes and considered the
father of modern
limnology.
Born at
Cambridge in
England, Hutchinson was educated at
Gresham's School,
Holt and the
University of Cambridge, and, after two years of lecturing at the
University of the Witwatersrand in
South Africa, he joined the faculty at
Yale University in
1928. His illustrious career at Yale lasted for forty-three years, and he became a
US citizen in
1941.
In
1949, Hutchinson was elected to the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in
1950 to the
National Academy of Science. He was awarded the
National Medal of Science in
1991.
After his retirement, he spent much of his time in
England, and he died in
London on
May 17,
1991.
Apart from many research papers, Hutchinson wrote -
The Clear Mirror (1936)
The Itinerant Ivory Tower (1953)
A Preliminary List of the Writings of Rebecca West, 1912â€"51 (1957)
A Treatise on Limnology (1957, revised 1967 and 1975)
The Enchanted Voyage (1962)
The Ecological Theater and the Evolutionary Play (1965)
Introduction to Population Ecology (1978) and
The Kindly Fruits of the Earth (1979).
* http://lakes.chebucto.org/PEOPLE/hutchins.html
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Announcement of Yale's G. Evelyn Hutchinson Memorial Symposium*
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online: G. Evelyn Hutchinson
