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Adrian Peter Bird

Geneticist and Professor at the University of Edinburgh
Person human Q373925

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[31]
Date of birth
July 3, 1947
Place of birth
Wolverhampton
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
geneticist, biologist, university teacher
Employer
University of Edinburgh[9]
Field of work
genetics, epigenetics[7][8]
Educated at
University of Sussex, University of Edinburgh[10][11]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Canada Gairdner International Award, Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Buchanan Medal, Portland Press Excellence in Science Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine, Fellow of the AACR Academy, Shaw Prize, Knight Bachelor, The Brain Prize, Gabor Medal, Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine, Clarivate Citation Laureates[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Doctoral advisor
Max Birnstiel[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[34]
Family name
Bird[32]
Given name
Adrian[33]
Member of
Royal Society, Royal Society of Edinburgh, National Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea[27][28][29][30]
Name in native language
Adrian Peter Bird[35]
🏷️ Also known as
en Adrian P. Bird en Sir Adrian Peter Bird en Adrian Peter Bird en Adrian Bird ar أدريان بيرد de Adrian P. Bird de Adrian Bird fa آدریان برد fr Adrian Bird fr Adrian P. Bird id Adrian Bird id Adrian P. Bird id Sir Adrian Peter Bird ja エイドリアン・バード pt Adrian Peter Bird ru Бёрд, Эдриан ru Эдриан Бёрд tr Sir Adrian Peter Bird uk Едріан Берд zh 阿德里安·彼得·伯德
🔖 Identifiers · 16
ISNI
0000000124169933
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8600-0372
VIAF cluster ID
311834876
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Adrian Bird.jpg ↗
AE member ID
Bird_Adrian
Companies House officer ID
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Dimensions author ID
0617072514.31
EMBO member ID
adrian-bird
Fellow of the Royal Society ID
11088
Freebase ID
/m/05f4pfc
Gateway to Research person ID
5FF3ABE8-33E9-4064-A0B2-9AF034EFFA7D
Google Scholar author ID
K4ScNTgAAAAJ
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NUKAT ID
n2014096198
National Academy of Sciences member ID
20038990
Scopus author ID
55556105700
Springer Nature person ID
0617072514.31

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🔗 Connections
Award received 15
Fellow of the Royal Society, Knight Bachelor, Canada Gairdner International Award, Gabor Medal, Buchanan Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine +7 more
Member of 4
Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Occupation 3
biologist, geneticist, university teacher
Educated at 2
University of Edinburgh, University of Sussex
Field of work 2
genetics, epigenetics
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Employer 1
University of Edinburgh
Family name 1
Bird
Given name 1
Adrian
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Wolverhampton
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Adrian Peter Bird was born on July 3, 1947[1], in Wolverhampton[2]. He has worked as a geneticist[3], biologist[4], and university teacher[5].

FAQs

Where was Adrian Peter Bird born?

Adrian Peter Bird's place of birth was Wolverhampton[2].

What did Adrian Peter Bird do for work?

Adrian Peter Bird worked as a geneticist[3], biologist[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Adrian Peter Bird go to school?

Adrian Peter Bird was educated at University of Sussex[10] and University of Edinburgh[11].

What awards did Adrian Peter Bird receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society[13], Commander of the Order of the British Empire[14], Canada Gairdner International Award[15], and Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer[16].

Related Entities

genetics United Kingdom Wolverhampton

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . shawprize.org. Retrieved . shawprize.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . royalsociety.org. Retrieved . royalsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . royalsociety.org. royalsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . rse.org.uk. Retrieved . rse.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved . acmedsci.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . shawprize.org. Retrieved . shawprize.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . lundbeckfonden.com. Retrieved . lundbeckfonden.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . ae-info.org. ae-info.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Oronsay · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Employer → —
    Member of → Royal Society, Royal Society of Edinburgh, National Academy of Sciences +1
    Family name → Bird
    Educated at → University of Sussex, University of Edinburgh
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