Robert May

GPTKB entity

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gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1936-01-08
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Robert_McCredie_May
gptkbp:deathDate 2020-04-28
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Rudolf_Peierls
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:mathematics
ecology
mathematical biology
physics
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gptkb:OM
gptkb:FTSE
gptkb:AC
gptkb:FAA
gptkb:FNAS
gptkb:HonFAIB
The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert May
gptkbp:knownFor chaos theory
population biology
theoretical ecology
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:United_States_National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Australian
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Angela_McLean
gptkb:Lord_John_Krebs
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Stability_and_Complexity_in_Model_Ecosystems
Simple mathematical models with very complicated dynamics
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
environmentalist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Sydney,_Australia
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Oxford,_England
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:President_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Chief_Scientific_Adviser_to_the_UK_Government
Professor at University of Oxford
Professor at Princeton University
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Australia
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Judith_May
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gptkb:Marc_Lipsitch
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