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Theodosius Dobzhansky
Sign in to saveAlso known as Theodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky, Dobzhansky, Theodosius Dobschanskij, Fjodor Grigorjewitsch Dobzhanskij, T. G. Dobzhansky, T G Dobzhansky, T. Dobzhansky, T Dobzhansky
geneticist and evolutionary biologist (1900-1975)
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Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900–1975) was an author whose zoological citation is "Dobzhansky." He is recognized in the collections of the Royal Society and the American Academy Arts Sciences. His published works include *Mankind Evolving*, *The Evolution of the Human Species*, *Heredity and the Nature of Man*, *The Biological basis of Human freedom*, *The Biology of Ultimate Concern*, and *Genetic Effects of Radiation*.
Dobzhansky is the source of the quote: "The living world is not a single array . . . connected by unbroken series of intergrades." His writings are referenced by 704 other encyclopedia articles.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Mankind Evolving, The Evolution of the Human Species
- Heredity and the Nature of Man
- The Biological basis of Human freedom
- The Biology of Ultimate Concern
- Genetic Effects of Radiation
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- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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5 total works indexed
- Nothing in Biology Makes Sense except in the Light of Evolution
· 1973 · cited 1,968x
- STUDIES ON HYBRID STERILITY. II. LOCALIZATION OF STERILITY FACTORS IN DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA HYBRIDS
· 1936 · cited 600x
- GENETICS OF NATURAL POPULATIONS. XIII. RECOMBINATION AND VARIABILITY IN POPULATIONS OF DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA
· 1946 · cited 356x
- GENETICS OF NATURAL POPULATIONS. XIX. ORIGIN OF HETEROSIS THROUGH NATURAL SELECTION IN POPULATIONS OF DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA
· 1950 · cited 263x
- INVERSIONS IN THE CHROMOSOMES OF DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA
· 1938 · cited 262x
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Quotes
- “The evolution of life, and the evolutionary origin of mankind, are scientifically established as firmly and completely as any historical event not witnessed by human observers. Any concession to anti-evolutionists, suggesting that there are scientific reasons to doubt the facticity of evolution, would be propagating a plain untruth.”
- “The living world is not a single array . . . connected by unbroken series of intergrades.”
- “My genes have indeed determined what I am, but only in the sense that, given the succession of environments and experiences that were mine, a carrier of a different set of genes might have become unlike myself.”
- “Seen in the light of evolution, biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and inspiring science. Without that light it becomes a pile of sundry facts -- some of them interesting or curious but making no meaningful picture as a whole.”
- “Does the evolutionary doctrine clash with religious faith? It does not. It is a blunder to mistake the Holy Scriptures for elementary textbooks of astronomy, geology, biology, and anthropology. Only if symbols are construed to mean what they are not intended to mean can there arise imaginary, insoluble conflicts. As pointed out above, the blunder leads to blasphemy: the Creator is accused of systematic deceitfulness.”
- “No known human group . . . simply throw[s] out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals of its own species.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky , ( 1900-01-25 ) January 25, 1900, Nemirov , Russian Empire (now Nemyriv, Ukraine )
- Died
- December 18, 1975 (1975-12-18) (aged 75), Davis, California , US
- Alma mater
- University of Kiev
- Known for
- Bateson–Dobzhansky–Muller model
- Spouse
- Natalia Sivertzeva ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1924 )
- Children
- Sophie Coe
- Parents
- Grigory Dobzhansky (father) Sophia Voinarsky (mother)
- Awards
- Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1941) Guggenheim Fellowship (1959) National Medal of Science (1964) Franklin Medal (1973)
- Fields
- Evolutionary biology , genetics
- Institutions
- University of Kiev (1921–1924) , University of Leningrad (1924–1927) , Columbia University (1927–1928, 1940–1962) , California Institute of Technology (1928–1940) , Rockefeller University (1962–1970) , University of California, Davis (1971–1975)
- Doctoral advisor
- Yuri Filipchenko
- Doctoral students
- Bruce Wallace , Richard Lewontin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Named after
- Theodosius of Chernihiv
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Place of birth
- Nemyriv
- Place of death
- San Jacinto
- Child
- Sophie D. Coe
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Employer
- The Rockefeller University
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Notable work
- Genetics and the Origin of Species
- Doctoral advisor
- Sergei Chetverikov
- Doctoral student
- Richard Lewontin
- Field of work
- entomology
- Image
- Dobzhansky no Brasil em 1943.jpg
- Residence
- United States
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- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- date of birth
- 1900-01-25
- date of death
- 1975-01-18
- affiliation
- The Rockefeller University
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- author citation (zoology)
- Dobzhansky
- ethnic group
- Ukrainians
- cause of death
- heart failure
- Commons category
- Theodosius Dobzhansky
- student
- Francisco J. Ayala
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky (Russian: Феодосий Григорьевич Добржанский; Ukrainian: Теодосій Григорович Добржанський; January 25, 1900 – December 18, 1975) 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.
His 1937 work Genetics and the Origin of Species became a major influence on the modern synthesis. He was awarded the U.S. National Medal of Science in 1964 and the Franklin Medal in 1973. He is famous for his essay "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution."
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