Lynn Margulis
Biologist, Academic
1938 – 2011
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Who was Lynn Margulis?
Lynn Margulis was an American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She developed a theory of the origin of eukaryotic organelles, and contributed to the endosymbiotic theory, which is now generally accepted for how certain organelles were formed. She showed that animals, plants, and fungi all originated from Protists. She is also associated with the Gaia hypothesis, based on an idea developed by the English environmental scientist James Lovelock.
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- Born
- Mar 5, 1938
Chicago - Also known as
- L. Margulis
- Spouses
- Carl Sagan
(1957/06/16 - 1965)
- Carl Sagan
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago
Liberal Arts
(1954 - 1957) - PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Genetics
(1960 - 1965/01) - Master's Degree, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Genetics
(1957 - 1960) - Zoology
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago
- Employment
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Lived in
- Amherst
( - 2011/11/22)
- Amherst
- Died
- Nov 22, 2011
Amherst
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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