Theodosius Dobzhansky
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Theodosius Dobzhansky (Jan 25, 1900 - Nov 11, 1975) was a Russian geneticist. Born in what is now Ukraine, son of a mathematics teacher, Dobzhansky was educated at the University of Kiev before moving to the United States in 1930 where he worked at the California Institute of Technology and Columbia University on Drosophila genetics.
Dobzhansky was one of the principal engineers of the modern synthesis which united genetics and evolution, notably holding a gene-centric view, defining evolution as a change in allele frequencies in a gene pool.
Dobzhansky was also a tireless critic of Creationism, most famously in his 1973 essay Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution, the title of which has become one of the most quoted anti-Creationist lines.
Dobzhansky was a Russian orthodox Christian and a proponent of Theistic Evolution.
Bibliography
- Genetics and the Origin of Species (1937, third edition 1951)
- The Biological Basis of Human Freedom (1954).
- Mankind Evolving: The Evolution of the Human Species (1962)
- The Biology of Ultimate Concern (1967)
- Genetics of the Evolution Process (1970)
- Genetic Diversity and Human Equality (1973).
