Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards | |
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Born | |
Died | 5 January 1997 Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | (aged 90)
Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Known for | group selection |
Awards | Neill Prize (1973) Frink Medal (1980) Walker Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | zoology |
Institutions | McGill University[1] (1930-1946) Aberdeen University[1] (1946-1974) |
Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards, CBE,[2] FRS,[3] FRSE (4 July 1906 – 5 January 1997) was an English zoologist. He was best known for his advocacy of group selection, the theory that natural selection acts at the level of the group.