George Gaylord Simpson was born in Chicago in 1902. He grew up in Denver and graduated from the University of Colorado. source
George Gaylord Simpson was born in Chicago in 1902. He grew up in Denver and graduated from the University of Colorado.
George Gaylord Simpson earned a doctorate from Yale University in 1926. Simpson worked at the American Museum of Natural History for almost three decades. source
George Gaylord Simpson earned a doctorate from Yale University in 1926. Simpson worked at the American Museum of Natural History for almost three decades.
George Gaylord Simpson was one of the greatest and most influential paleontologists of all time. source
George Gaylord Simpson was one of the greatest and most influential paleontologists of all time.
George Gaylord Simpson anticipated such concepts as punctuated equilibrium (in Tempo and mode) and dispelled the myth that the evolution of the horse was a linear process culminating in the modern Equus caballus. source
George Gaylord Simpson anticipated such concepts as punctuated equilibrium (in Tempo and mode) and dispelled the myth that the evolution of the horse was a linear process culminating in the modern Equus caballus.
George Gaylord Simpson coined the word hypodigm in 1940, and published extensively on the taxonomy of fossil and extant mammals. source
George Gaylord Simpson coined the word hypodigm in 1940, and published extensively on the taxonomy of fossil and extant mammals.
George Gaylord Simpson was influentially, and incorrectly, opposed to Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift. source
George Gaylord Simpson was influentially, and incorrectly, opposed to Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift.
George Gaylord Simpson was Professor of Zoology at Columbia University, and Curator of the Department of Geology and Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History from 1945 to 1959. source
George Gaylord Simpson was Professor of Zoology at Columbia University, and Curator of the Department of Geology and Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History from 1945 to 1959.
George Gaylord Simpson was Curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University from 1959 to 1970, and a Professor of Geosciences at the University of Arizona until his retirement in 1982. source
George Gaylord Simpson was Curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University from 1959 to 1970, and a Professor of Geosciences at the University of Arizona until his retirement in 1982.
In 1943 George Gaylord Simpson was awarded the Mary Clark Thompson Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. source
In 1943 George Gaylord Simpson was awarded the Mary Clark Thompson Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.
For his work, Tempo and mode in evolution, George Gaylord Simpson was awarded the Academy's Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal in 1944. source
For his work, Tempo and mode in evolution, George Gaylord Simpson was awarded the Academy's Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal in 1944.
George Gaylord Simpson was awarded the Linnean Society of London's prestigious Darwin-Wallace Medal in 1958. source
George Gaylord Simpson was awarded the Linnean Society of London's prestigious Darwin-Wallace Medal in 1958.
George Gaylord Simpson also received the Royal Society's Darwin Medal 'In recognition of his distinguished contributions to general evolutionary theory, based on a profound study of palaeontology, particularly of vertebrates,' in 1962. source
George Gaylord Simpson also received the Royal Society's Darwin Medal 'In recognition of his distinguished contributions to general evolutionary theory, based on a profound study of palaeontology, particularly of vertebrates,' in 1962.
At the University of Arizona, Tucson, the Gould-Simpson Building was named for Arizona geologist Lawrence M. Gould and George Gaylord Simpson. source
At the University of Arizona, Tucson, the Gould-Simpson Building was named for Arizona geologist Lawrence M. Gould and George Gaylord Simpson.
George Gaylord Simpson was noted for his work in the field of paleogeography and continental evolution relationships. source
George Gaylord Simpson was noted for his work in the field of paleogeography and continental evolution relationships.
In the 1960s, George Gaylord Simpson "rubbished the then-nascent science of exobiology, which concerned itself with life on places other than Earth, as a science without a subject". source
In the 1960s, George Gaylord Simpson "rubbished the then-nascent science of exobiology, which concerned itself with life on places other than Earth, as a science without a subject".
George Gaylord Simpson was raised as a Christian but later became an agnostic. source
George Gaylord Simpson was raised as a Christian but later became an agnostic.
George Gaylord Simpson died on October 6, 1984. He was 82 years old. source
George Gaylord Simpson died on October 6, 1984. He was 82 years old.
