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Ernst Mayr

German-American evolutionary biologist1904 to 2005

Wikidata names Carl Zimmer as doctoral advisor, lists 1 doctoral student, and names Erwin Stresemann as teacher. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Carl Zimmer

Students on Wikidata1

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Robert Trivers
born 1943

Teachers and mentors1

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Erwin Stresemann

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stated by WikidataCarl Zimmer

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Education and career3

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1926 to 1932
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
worked
undated
University of Greifswald
studied
undated
Harvard University
worked

At a glance

known as: curator, ornithologist, philosopher, writer, university teacher, evolutionary biologist, museologist, botanical collector, scientific collector, zoologist, biologist
fields: systematics, evolutionary biology, ornithology, curating, natural history collection
degrees: doctorate, 1926
awards: Leidy Award, 1946, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, from 1950, Darwin–Wallace Medal, 1958, Brewster Medal, 1965, Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal, 1967, National Medal of Science, 1969, doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University, 1975, Linnean Medal, 1977, Elliott Coues Award, 1977, Gregor Mendel Medal, 1980, Balzan Prize, 1983, Eisenmann Medal, 1983, Darwin Medal, 1984, George Sarton Medal, 1986, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 1988, International Prize for Biology, 1994, Godman-Salvin Medal, 1995, honorary doctor of the French National Museum of Natural History, 1996, Crafoord Prize in Biosciences, 1999, Loye and Alden Miller Research Award, 2000, Treviranus Medal, 2003, Honorary Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, honorary doctor of the University of Vienna
member of: Royal Society of London, from 1988, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, 1972, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1954, American Philosophical Society, 1965, Deutsche Gildenschaft, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1977, National Academy of Sciences, from 1954, German Ornithologists‘ Society, 1941, American Society of Naturalists, 1943, Zoological Society of London, 1948, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1949, Linnean Society of London, 1952, Royal Society Te Apārangi, 1950, Vetenskapssocietetens hus och Schefferska huset, 1955, British Ornithologists' Union, 1956, Dansk ornithologisk Forenings Tidsskrift, 1956, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1958, Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, 1963, German Zoological Society, 1970, Venezuelan Academy of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, 1971, Société zoologique de France, 1972, Spanish Ornithological Society, 1975, Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1975, The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 1976, Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, 1977, American Society of Zoologists, 1986, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1994, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1994, Berlin Society of Friends of Natural Science, 1998, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, from 1980
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stated by WikidataWikipediaErnst Mayr
stated by WikidataWikidataQ5354
stated by WikidataVIAF98043389
stated by WikidataGND116973080
stated by WikidataIdRef027020290
stated by WikidataISNI0000000114529931

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stated by WikidataDBLP126/8400
stated by WikidataScopus55025887800

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@misc{academicancestry_Q5354,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Ernst Mayr: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q5354},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Ernst Mayr: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q5354