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Sewall Green Wright was an American biologist, geneticist, statistician, and university teacher. Born in Melrose in 1889, he died in Madison in 1988. He worked for the United States Department of Agriculture, the University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was educated at the University of Illinois system and Harvard University. His doctoral advisor was William Ernest Castle, and his doctoral student was Robert R. Sokal.
Wright’s field of work was population genetics. He was a member of the Royal Society, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He received the Balzan Prize, the Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, the National Medal of Science, and the Darwin Medal. He was the sibling of Quincy Wright.
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1889–1988
- Nationality
- US
- Role / Field
- Genetycy, Biolodzy, Genetyka, Biologia
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 13 libraries
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1889-12-21 ) December 21, 1889, Melrose, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- March 3, 1988 (1988-03-03) (aged 98), Madison, Wisconsin , U.S.
- Education
- Lombard College ( BSc ), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ( MSc ), Harvard University ( PhD )
- Known for
- Coefficient of determination , Population genetics , Causal graph , F-statistics , Fixation index , Fitness landscape , Genetic rescue , Genetic drift , Inbreeding coefficient , Path analysis , Shifting balance theory , Threshold model
- Awards
- Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1945) , Weldon Memorial Prize (1947), National Medal of Science (1966), Darwin Medal (1980), Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (1982), Balzan Prize (1984)
- Fields
- Genetics
- Institutions
- University of Chicago , (1926–1954) , University of Wisconsin , (1955–1960)
- Doctoral advisor
- William Ernest Castle
- Other academic advisors
- Wilhelmine Key
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Wright
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Melrose
- Place of death
- Madison
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Employer
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- William Ernest Castle
- Student of
- William Ernest Castle
- Field of work
- population genetics
- Image
- Sewall Wright.jpg
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- member of
- Econometric Society
- date of birth
- 1889-12-21
- date of death
- 1988-03-03
- name in native language
- Sewall Green Wright
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Commons category
- Sewall Wright
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