Richard W. Thorington Jr.
id:
richard-w-thorington-jr-290-11500128
title:
Richard W. Thorington Jr.
text:
Richard Wainwright "Thor" Thorington Jr. was an American zoologist who made seminal contributions to mammalogy and evolutionary biology. He was known especially for his expertise on squirrels. After preparatory school at the Haverford School, he received the A.B. in biology from Princeton University in 1959 followed by the M.A. in 1963 and Ph.D. in 1964, both from Harvard University. His doctoral dissertation, supervised by Ernst Mayr, was entitled The biology of rodent tails: A Study of form an
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
American zoologist and curator
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_W._Thorington_Jr.
date created:
date modified:
2024-04-07T09:16:56Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q19599659","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q19599659"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
14