# Richard Lewontin

> American evolutionary biologist and mathematician (1929–2021)

**Wikidata**: [Q659265](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q659265)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lewontin)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/richard-lewontin

## Summary

Richard Lewontin was born on March 29, 1929, in New York City [1] and died on July 4, 2021, in Cambridge [2][3]. He was a mathematician, biologist, geneticist, and university teacher [4], working primarily in the fields of genetics, evolutionary biology, sociobiology, and mathematics [4]. His contributions spanned multiple disciplines, earning him recognition through several prestigious awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, an honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII, the ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences, the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences, and the Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal [5][6][7][8][9].


## References

1. [Source](https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/07/07/la-mort-du-geneticien-americain-richard-lewontin_6087384_3382.html)
2. BnF authorities
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4. Guggenheim Fellows database
5. [Source](https://fr.u-paris.fr/actualites/richard-c-lewontin)
6. [Source](https://www.amnat.org/awards.html)
7. [Source](https://www.crafoordprize.se/news/the-crafoord-prize-in-biosciences-2015/)
8. [Source](https://genetics-gsa.org/awards/thomas-hunt-morgan-medal/)
9. Mathematics Genealogy Project
10. [Source](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/beyond-equilibria-9780192858993?lang=en&cc=nz)
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15. [Richard Lewontin, biólogo evolutivo pioneiro e crítico do racismo científico, morre aos 92 anos](https://universoracionalista.org/richard-lewontin-biologo-evolutivo-pioneiro-e-critico-do-racismo-cientifico-morre-aos-92-anos/)
16. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
17. [Richard C. Lewontin | Open Library](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL47238A/Richard_C._Lewontin?merge=true&duplicates=OL2657951A,OL2686701A,OL3608198A,OL5782935A,OL7927683A,OL7950265A,OL10843795A,OL10843796A,OL12654449A,OL12654451A&mrid=122001)
18. [Source](http://digitale.beic.it/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?fn=search&vid=BEIC&vl%283134987UI0%29=creator&vl%28freeText0%29=Lewontin%20Richard)
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