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About Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton
Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton, FRS was a British evolutionary biologist who was a lifelong advocate of natural selection through a period in which many scientists such as Reginald Punnett doubted its importance. He invented the term sympatric for evolution of species in the same place, and in his book The Colours of Animals (1890) was the first to recognize frequency-dependent selection.
Poulton is also remembered for his pioneering work on animal coloration. He is credited with inventing the term aposematism for warning coloration, as well as for his experiments on 'protective coloration' (camouflage).
Poulton became Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford in 1893
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Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton's Timeline
1856 |
January 27, 1856
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Reading, Berkshire, England (United Kingdom)
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1889 |
September 12, 1889
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
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1943 |
November 20, 1943
Age 87
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom)
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