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John Maynard Smith
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British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1920-2004)
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- Born
- 1920
- Works
- 52
Top works
- Organizational Constraints on the Dynamics of Evolution
- Mathematical Ideas in Biology
- Yaşamın Kökenleri
- Evolution: Prozesse, Mechanismen, Modelle (German Edition)
- Evolution and the Theory of Games
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1920-01-06 ) 6 January 1920, London , England
- Died
- 19 April 2004 (2004-04-19) (aged 84), Lewes , East Sussex , England
- Education
- Trinity College, Cambridge , University College London
- Known for
- Game theory , Evolution of sex , Signalling theory
- Fields
- Evolutionary biologist and geneticist
- Institutions
- University College London , University of Sussex
- Doctoral advisor
- J. B. S. Haldane
- Doctoral students
- Sean Nee
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Lewes
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Educated at
- University of London
- Employer
- University of Sussex
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Notable work
- game theory
- Doctoral advisor
- J.B.S. Haldane
- Student of
- J.B.S. Haldane
- Field of work
- evolutionary biology
- Image
- John Maynard Smith.jpg
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- cause of death
- lung cancer
- date of birth
- 1920-02-06
- date of death
- 2004-04-19
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- Erdős number
- 4
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- John Maynard Smith
- name in native language
- John Maynard Smith
- different from
- John Smith
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
John Maynard Smith (6 January 1920 – 19 April 2004) was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics under the biologist J. B. S. Haldane. Maynard Smith was instrumental in the application of game theory to evolution with George R. Price, and theorised on other problems such as the evolution of sex and signalling theory.
Biography
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