Gavin de Beer

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Magdalen_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Darwin_Medal
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1899-11-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:deathDate 1972-06-21
gptkbp:deathPlace Alfriston, Sussex, England
gptkbp:fieldOfWork evolutionary biology
zoology
embryology
gptkbp:fullName Sir Gavin Rylands de Beer
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gavin de Beer
gptkbp:knownFor contributions to the modern synthesis
studies on heterochrony
work on embryology and evolution
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation author
biologist
evolutionary embryologist
gptkbp:positionHeld Director of the Natural History Museum, London
gptkbp:publishedWork Charles Darwin: Evolution by Natural Selection
Embryology and Evolution
Homology, an Unsolved Problem
The Development of the Vertebrate Skull
The Sciences Were Never at War
gptkbp:spouse Margaret Hilda Darwin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edwin_Stephen_Goodrich
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6