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John Maynard Smith | |
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| Born | 6 January 1920 |
| Died | 19 April 2004 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge and University College London |
| Known for | Game theory Evolution of sex Signalling theory |
| Awards | Balzan Prize (1991) Copley Medal (1999) Kyoto Prize (2001) Linnean Society of London's Darwin-Wallace Medal (2008) Fellow of the Royal Society (1977) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Evolutionary biologist and geneticist |
| Institutions | University of Sussex |
| Doctoral advisor | J.B.S. Haldane |
| Doctoral students | Andrew Pomiankowski Sean Nee |
John Maynard Smith,[1] FRS (6 January 1920 – 19 April 2004) was a British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he then took a second degree in genetics under the well-known biologist J.B.S. Haldane. Maynard Smith was instrumental in the application of game theory to evolution and theorized on other problems such as the evolution of sex and signalling theory.