George C. Williams

Professor George Christopher Williams (b. May 12, 1926) is an American evolutionary biologist.

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May 12 - 1926 - American - Evolutionary biologist

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Williams is a professor emeritus of biology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is noted for starting the Williams revolution, presenting a gene-centric basis for biology with his 1966 book Adaptation and Natural Selection which was made even more explicit by Richard Dawkins' book The Selfish Gene.

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Professor emeritus - Biology - State University of New York at Stony Brook - Williams revolution - 1966 - Adaptation and Natural Selection - Richard Dawkins - The Selfish Gene

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Williams received a Ph.D. in biology from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1955.

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Ph.D. - University of California at Los Angeles - 1955

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He won the Crafoord Prize for Bioscience jointly with Ernst Mayr and John Maynard Smith in 1999.

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Crafoord Prize - Ernst Mayr - John Maynard Smith - 1999

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He is also an advocate of evolutionary medicine.

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