G. Evelyn Hutchinson Scientist

George Evelyn Hutchinson ForMemRS (January 30, 1903 – May 17, 1991), sometimes described as the 'Father of modern Ecology', was born January 30, 1903 in Cambridge, England. He contributed for more than sixty years to the fields of limnology, systems ecology, radiation ecology, entomology, genetics, biogeochemistry, a mathematical theory of population growth, art history, philosophy, religion, and anthropology. He worked on the passage of phosphorus through lakes, the chemistry and biology of lakes, the theory of interspecific competition, and on insect taxonomy and genetics, zoo-geography and African water bugs. He earned his degree in Zoology from Cambridge University but chose not to earn a doctorate, of which he came to be proud as he aged. Although born in England, he spent nearly his entire professional life at Yale University with his focus on working with graduate students. He is known as one of the first to combine ecology with mathematics. He became an international expert on lakes and wrote a four-volume Treatise on Limnology in 1957.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 30, 1903
Birth place	England , Cambridge
Nationality	United States
Date of death	May 17, 1991
Place of death	England , London
Residence	United States
Education	University of Cambridge
Known for	Ecological niche Limnology