Institute of Ecology records, George Evelyn Hutchinson interview, 1984 December 7

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Summary

Creator:
Hutchinson, George E.
Date:
1984 December 7
Extent:
1 interview(s) (42.0 minutes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Institute of Ecology records, George Evelyn Hutchison interview, har-ua97-066_0012-2, University of Georgia Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

George Evelyn Hutchinson discusses the Institute of Ecology, including its origins, its approaches to research, its relationship with colleges and universities, its structural and funding challenges, and its demise.

Biographical / historical:

George Evelyn Hutchinson was an American ecologist, sometimes described as the 'father of modern ecology' as he is known as one of the first people to combine ecology with mathematics. Although Hutchinson was born in Cambridge, England in 1903, and earned his degree in Zoology from Cambridge University, choosing not to earn a doctorate (of which he came to be proud of as he aged), he almost spent his entire professional life at Yale University, where he was Sterling Professor of Zoology. In 1949, Hutchinson was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 1950, to the National Academy of Sciences. He became and international expert on lakes and wrote the four-volume Treatise on Limnology in 1957.

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Preferred citation:

Institute of Ecology records, George Evelyn Hutchison interview, har-ua97-066_0012-2, University of Georgia Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.