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Theodosius Dobzhansky
Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky was a Russian-born American geneticist and evolutionary biologist. He was a central figure in the field of evolutionary biology for his work in shaping the modern synthesis and also popular for his support and promotion of theistic evolution as a practicing Christian. Born in the Russian Empire, Dobzhansky immigrated to the United States in 1927 at the age of 27.
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culture · Russian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist (1900–1975) · evolutionary biologist · geneticist · zoologist · entomologist · university teacher · biologist · writer · naturalist · population geneticist · also Theodosius Dobzhansky, Theodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky, Dobzhansky, Theodosius Dobschanskij, Fjodor Grigorjewitsch Dobzhanskij, T. G. Dobzhansky
Born 25 January 1900 · Died 18 December 1975 · Q246731
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 2 entries
insider.si.edu: The evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky essays on his life and thought in Russia and America Mark B. Adams, editor
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insider.si.edu: Genetics and the origin of species, by Theodosius Dobzhansky ..
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2023· 1 entry
Kyiv Post: (Un)celebrated Ukrainians Who Changed the Course of History: Theodosius Dobzhansky
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2022· 1 entry
PBS: Theodosius Dobzhansky: Integrating Genetics and Evolution:
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2017· 1 entry
Scientific American: Stories by Theodosius Dobzhansky
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2016· 2 entries
JSTOR Daily: The Evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky: Essays on His Life and Thought in Russia and America
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The Guardian: The day I went on a field trip with Theodosius Dobzhansky
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1975· 2 entries
Died 1975-12-18.
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Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII (1975).
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1974· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Rennes I (1974).
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1973· 4 entries
Won Franklin Medal (1973).
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Published “Nothing in Biology Makes Sense except in the Light of Evolution” in The American Biology Teacher — cited 1,972 times.
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Influenced by the paleontologist and priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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“Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution”
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1972· 1 entry
Was elected the founding president of the Behavior Genetics Association, and was recognized by the society for his role in behavior genetics, and the founding of the society by the creation of the Dobzhansky Award (fo
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1971· 1 entry
Moving to the University of California, Davis where his student Francisco J
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1970· 1 entry
Published Genetics of the evolutionary process
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1967· 1 entry
Won National Medal of Science presented by Lyndon B. Johnson (1967).
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1965).
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1964· 2 entries
And president of the American Teilhard de Chardin Association in 1969
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Published “BIOLOGY, MOLECULAR AND ORGANISMIC” in American Zoologist — cited 196 times.
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1963· 1 entry
Awarded Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (1963).
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1962· 1 entry
Published “On the Non-Existence of Human Races” in Current Anthropology — cited 246 times.
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Sydney (1960).
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1959· 1 entry
Awarded Darwin Badge (1959).
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1958· 2 entries
Awarded Kimber Genetics Award (1958).
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Awarded Silliman Memorial Lectures (1958).
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1955· 1 entry
Published “A REVIEW OF SOME FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND PROBLEMS OF POPULATION GENETICS” in Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology — cited 230 times.
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1950· 1 entry
Published “GENETICS OF NATURAL POPULATIONS. XIX. ORIGIN OF HETEROSIS THROUGH NATURAL SELECTION IN POPULATIONS OF DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA” in Genetics — cited 263 times.
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1946· 2 entries
Published “GENETICS OF NATURAL POPULATIONS. XII. EXPERIMENTAL REPRODUCTION OF SOME OF THE CHANGES CAUSED BY NATURAL SELECTION IN CERTAIN POPULATIONS OF DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA” in Genetics — cited 232 times.
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Published “GENETICS OF NATURAL POPULATIONS. XIII. RECOMBINATION AND VARIABILITY IN POPULATIONS OF DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA” in Genetics — cited 356 times.
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1943· 2 entries
Published “GENETICS OF NATURAL POPULATIONS. X. DISPERSION RATES IN DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA” in Genetics — cited 213 times.
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The University of São Paulo awarded him an honorary doctorate
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1941· 3 entries
Won Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1941).
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Dobzhansky was awarded the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Sciences, of which he was also a member
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President of the American Society of Naturalists in 1950, president of the Society for the Study of Evolution in 1951, president of the American Society of Zoologists in 1963, a member of the board of directors of the Am
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1938· 1 entry
Published “INVERSIONS IN THE CHROMOSOMES OF DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA” in Genetics — cited 266 times.
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1937· 2 entries
Published one of the major works of the modern evolutionary synthesis, the synthesis of evolutionary biology with genetics, titled Genetics and the Origin of Species, which amongst other things, defined evolution as "
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Became a naturalized citizen of the United States
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1936· 1 entry
Published “STUDIES ON HYBRID STERILITY. II. LOCALIZATION OF STERILITY FACTORS IN DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA HYBRIDS” in Genetics — cited 601 times.
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1935· 1 entry
Published “A Critique of the Species Concept in Biology” in Philosophy of Science — cited 182 times.
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1927· 1 entry
On a work–study scholarship from the International Education Board of the Rockefeller Foundation
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1924· 1 entry
Dobzhansky married geneticist Natalia "Natasha" Sivertzeva, who was working with Ivan Schmalhausen in Kiev
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1921· 1 entry
Studied at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (1917–1921).
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1915· 1 entry
Met Victor Luchnik who convinced him to specialize in beetles instead
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1900· 2 entries
In Nemirov, Russian Empire (now Nemyriv, Ukraine), the only child of Grigory Dobzhansky, a mathematics teacher, and Sophia Voinarsky
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Born 1900-01-25.
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