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Brian Charlesworth

British biologist
Person human Q911997

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15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[26]
Date of birth
April 29, 1945
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
biologist, geneticist, researcher
Employer
University of Sussex, University of Chicago, University of Edinburgh[10][11][12]
Field of work
biology, evolutionary biology, genetics[7][8][9]
Educated at
Queens' College[13]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society, ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences, Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, Darwin–Wallace Medal, Darwin Medal, Frink Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Spouse
Deborah Charlesworth[5]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[29]
Family name
Charlesworth[27]
Given name
Brian[28]
Member of
Royal Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Society of Edinburgh, National Academy of Sciences[22][23][24][25]
Student
Gilean McVean[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Brian Charlesworth ar بريان تشارلزورث fa برایان چالرزوورت zh 布赖恩·查尔斯沃思
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ISNI
0000000082003408
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2706-355X
VIAF cluster ID
14867443
Library of Congress authority ID
n79150957
GND ID
1089153910
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Professor Brian Charlesworth, British evolutionary biologist.jpg ↗
Academic Tree ID
15532
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12453375m
CiNii Research ID
1140000791678115840
DDB person (GND) ID
1089153910
Fellow of the Royal Society ID
11211
Freebase ID
/m/06qnmv
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Gateway to Research person ID
AB2C91BC-7C4C-49F3-8AF2-89BF567259C0
IdRef ID
033691967
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA04923100
NDL Authority ID
01002129
NL CR AUT ID
mub2010596846
NUKAT ID
n00053279
National Academy of Sciences member ID
20030491
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007437518605171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
067552625
Prabook ID
1963838
SBN author ID
MILV111027
SHARE Catalogue author ID
142131
Scopus author ID
23045968300
Wellcome Collection concept ID
rpqg6fxj
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxWRMjW9fWD3tx8cG6BT3
Yale LUX ID
person/0f47a428-5833-4519-af0c-73e2efa00056

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Author of 16
Effects of Selection at Linked Sites on Patterns of Genetic Variability, Estimating the parameters of background selection and selective sweeps in <i>Drosophila</i> in the presence of gene conversion, How Good Are Predictions of the Effects of Selective Sweeps on Levels of Neutral Diversity?, Hubby and Lewontin on Protein Variation in Natural Populations: When Molecular Genetics Came to the Rescue of Population Genetics, Mutational load, inbreeding depression and heterosis in subdivided populations, Neutral Variation in the Context of Selection, On the fixation or nonfixation of inversions under epistatic selection, Patterns of Genetic Variability in Genomic Regions with Low Rates of Recombination +8 more
← Authored by 16
Effects of Selection at Linked Sites on Patterns of Genetic Variability, Estimating the parameters of background selection and selective sweeps in <i>Drosophila</i> in the presence of gene conversion, How Good Are Predictions of the Effects of Selective Sweeps on Levels of Neutral Diversity?, Hubby and Lewontin on Protein Variation in Natural Populations: When Molecular Genetics Came to the Rescue of Population Genetics, Mutational load, inbreeding depression and heterosis in subdivided populations, Neutral Variation in the Context of Selection, On the fixation or nonfixation of inversions under epistatic selection, Patterns of Genetic Variability in Genomic Regions with Low Rates of Recombination +8 more
Award received 7
Fellow of the Royal Society, Darwin Medal, Darwin–Wallace Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences, Frink Medal
Member of 4
Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Employer 3
University of Edinburgh, University of Chicago, University of Sussex
Field of work 3
biology, genetics, evolutionary biology
Occupation 3
biologist, researcher, geneticist
Affiliated with 2
University of Edinburgh, Institute of Evolutionary Biology
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Edited works 1
Biology Letters
Educated at 1
Queens' College
Given name 1
Brian
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Sex or gender 1
male
Spouse 1
Deborah Charlesworth
Spouses 1
Deborah Charlesworth
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

Brian Charlesworth was born on April 29, 1945[1]. He has worked as a biologist[2], geneticist[3], and researcher[4].

FAQs

Who was Brian Charlesworth married to?

Brian Charlesworth's spouses include Deborah Charlesworth[5].

What did Brian Charlesworth do for work?

Brian Charlesworth worked as a biologist[2], geneticist[3], and researcher[4].

Where did Brian Charlesworth go to school?

Brian Charlesworth was educated at Queens' College[13].

What awards did Brian Charlesworth receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society[15], ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences[16], Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal[17], and Darwin–Wallace Medal[18].

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biology evolutionary biology genetics United Kingdom

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  1. [26] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . genetics-gsa.org. genetics-gsa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . linnean.org. Retrieved . linnean.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . docs.google.com. docs.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  28. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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