Godfrey M Hewitt | |
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 Professor Godfrey Hewitt (2001) | |
| Born | 10 January 1940 Worcester, England, U.K |
| Died | 18 February 2013 (aged 73) Cambridge, England, U.K |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham University of California, Davis |
| Known for | Influential work in evolutionary genetics, training and acting as a mentor to many academics |
| Awards | Darwin–Wallace Medal (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Phylogeography, Hybridization, Speciation |
| Institutions | University of East Anglia |
| Doctoral advisor | Kenneth Mather, John Jinks, and Bernard John |
| Doctoral students | Nick Barton[1] Richard Nichols[2] Michael Ritchie[3] |
| Website | http://www.uea.ac.uk/biological-sciences/news/professor-godfrey-hewitt |
Godfrey Matthew Hewitt (10 January 1940 – 18 February 2013) was a British professor and evolutionary geneticist at the University of East Anglia who was very influential in the development of the fields of molecular ecology, phylogeography, speciation and hybridisation. [4]
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae – Nicholas Hamilton Barton" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Nichols Lab". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Ritchie MG, Butlin RK (2013). Godfrey M. Hewitt (1940-2013), President of ESEB 1999-2001. J Evol Biol 26: 691–692.
- ^ Butlin, R.; Rieseberg, L.; Smith., H. (2006). "Godfrey Hewitt - Recipient of 2005 Molecular Ecology Prize". Molecular Ecology. 15 (2): 301. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02899.x.