James W. Valentine
James W. Valentine | |
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| ملف:James W Valentine 1991.jpg James Valentine in 1991. | |
| وُلِدَ | نوفمبر 10, 1926 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| توفي | أبريل 7, 2023 (aged 96) Walnut Creek, California, U.S. |
| التعليم | Phillips University, University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D., 1958) |
| عـُرِف بـ | Evolution (1977), with Theodosius Dobzhansky, G. Ledyard Stebbins and Francisco J. Ayala |
| الزوج | Diane Mondragon |
| الأنجال | 3 |
| الجوائز | Fulbright scholar, Australia, Guggenheim fellow, National Academy of Sciences |
| السيرة العلمية | |
| المجالات | Evolutionary biology |
| الهيئات | University of Missouri, University of California, Davis, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of California, Berkeley |
James William Valentine (November 10, 1926 – April 7, 2023) was an American evolutionary biologist, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and curator at the University of California Museum of Paleontology.[1][2]
Valentine was born in Los Angeles, California on November 10, 1926. He was educated at Phillips University, (B.A., 1951) and the University of California, Los Angeles (M.A., 1954, Ph.D., 1958). Valentine married Diane Mondragon in 1987 and had 3 children.[3] He died in Walnut Creek, California, on April 7, 2023, at the age of 96.[4]
Books
Valentine published widely, and in addition to peer-reviewed publications wrote several books:
- Evolutionary Paleoecology of the Marine Biosphere 1973 ISBN 0-13-293720-4
- Evolution 1977 with Theodosius Dobzhansky, G. Ledyard Stebbins and Ayala
- Evolving : The Theory And Processes Of Organic Evolution 1979 ISBN 0-8053-0310-3, with Francisco J. Ayala
- Phanerozoic Diversity Patterns : Profiles In Macroevolution 1985 ISBN 0-691-08374-6, editor
- On the Origin of Phyla 2004 ISBN 0-226-84548-6
- The Cambrian Explosion: The Construction of Animal Biodiversity, 2013 ISBN 978-1-936221-03-5, with Douglas Erwin
References
- ^ "UCMP People: James Valentine". April 19, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
- ^ "James Valentine, paleontologist who grappled with the origin of animal diversity, has died at 96". Berkeley News. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Valentine, James W 1926-". Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "James William Valentine". The Neptune Society of Northern California. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
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