Joe Cain, University College London, London, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002482
1902–1984 American palaeontologist whose research on evolutionary processes, systematics and historical biogeography helped transform biological theory in the twentieth century.
Keywords: vertebrate palaeontology; evolution; fossil mammals; modern synthesis
| Further Reading | |
| book Simpson G (1944) Tempo and Mode in Evolution. New York: Columbia University Press. | |
| Simpson G (1945) The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85: i–xvi, 1–350. | |
| book Simpson G (1949) The Meaning of Evolution: a Study of the History of Life and of its Significance for Man. New Haven: Yale University Press. | |
| book Simpson G (1961) Principles of Animal Taxonomy. New York: Columbia University Press. | |
| Simpson G (1964) The nonprevalence of humanoids. Science 143: 769–775. | |
| book Simpson G (1978) Concession to the Improbable: an Unconventional Autobiography. New Haven: Yale University Press. | |
| book Simpson G, Pittendrigh CS and Tiffany LH (1957) Life: an Introduction to Biology. New York: Harcourt Brace. | |
| Cain J (1992) Building a temporal biology: Simpson's program for paleontology during an American expansion of biology. Earth Sciences History 11: 30–36. | |
| book Laporte L (ed.) (1987) Simple Curiosity: Letters from George Gaylord Simpson to his Family, 1921–1970. Berkeley: University of California Press. | |
| Olson E (1991) George Gaylord Simpson. Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Science 60: 331–353. | |
| Whittington HB (1986) George Gaylord Simpson. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 32: 527–539. [Includes complete bibliography.] | |
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