John Tyler Bonner
American biologist (1920–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Tyler Bonner (May 12, 1920 – February 7, 2019) was an American biologist who was a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University.[1] He was a pioneer in the use of cellular slime molds to understand evolution and development over a career of 40 years and was one of the world's leading experts on cellular slime moulds.[2] Arizona State University says that the establishment and growth of developmental-evolutionary biology owes a great debt to the work of Bonner's studies. His work is highly readable and unusually clearly written and his contributions have made many complicated ideas of biology accessible to a wide audience.[3]
John Tyler Bonner | |
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Born | (1920-05-12)May 12, 1920 New York City, U.S. |
Died | February 7, 2019(2019-02-07) (aged 98) Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Developmental biology |
Institutions | Princeton University |