The 1986 Laureates / Basic Sciences Category / Biological Sciences (Behavioral and Ecological Sciences)
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George Evelyn Hutchinson

U.S.A. / January 30, 1903-1991
Limnologist; Professor Emeritus, Yale University

A leading figure in the advancement of the discipline of ecology, whose preeminent and foresighted ideas have been influential over a wide range of special fields and have inspired many disciples. He has contributed to the establishment of a comprehensive limnology, integrating both biology and physico-chemistry based on research in various lakes and ponds around the world.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
1903
Born in Cambridge, U.K.
1926-1927
Senior lecturer at Witwatersrand University in South Africa
1928
Doctor, Cambridge University
Emigrated to U.S.A.
Faculty of Yale University
1965-1971
Sterling Professor of Zoology at Yale University
1977
Cottrel Award of National Academy of Sciences

AWARDS AND HONORS
1974
International Limnology Honours and Awards
1974
Tylar Ecology Award
1977
Cottrel Award of National Academy of Sciences

MAJOR WORKS
1957
A Treatise on Limnology (unfinished)
1959
Homage to Santa Rosalia
1965
The Ecological Theater and the Evolution Play
1978
An Introduction to Population Ecology