George Evelyn Hutchinson (born January 30, 1903, died May 17, 1991) was an Anglo-American zoologist known for his studies of freshwater lakes and considered the father of American limnology. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United States of America —commonly referred to as the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Limnology (from Greek Λίμνη limne, "lake" and λόγος logos, "knowledge" is the division of Hydrology that studies inland Ecology (from Greek grc οἶκος oikos, "house(hold" and grc -λογία -logia) is the scientific study of Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the Limnology (from Greek Λίμνη limne, "lake" and λόγος logos, "knowledge" is the division of Hydrology that studies inland The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in Science and Engineering who have made important Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. English Americans (occasionally known as Anglo -Americans although this may have a wider cultural meaning are Citizens of the United States whose ancestry Zoology (from Greek ζῷον, zoon, "animal" + λόγος, " Logos " "knowledge" is the branch of A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the Limnology (from Greek Λίμνη limne, "lake" and λόγος logos, "knowledge" is the division of Hydrology that studies inland

Born at Cambridge in England, Hutchinson was educated at Gresham's School, Holt and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Gresham’s School is an independent Holt is a Market town and Parish in the English county of Norfolk. Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the After two years of lecturing at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, he joined the faculty at Yale University in 1928. The University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg is a leading South African University situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He became a US citizen in 1941. Article I section 8 clause 4 of the United States Constitution expressly gives the United States Congress the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

His illustrious career at Yale lasted for forty-three years. In 1949, Hutchinson was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 1950 to the National Academy of Science. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS is an organization dedicated to scholarship and the advancement of learning Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS is a corporation in the United States whose members serve Pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1991. The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in Science and Engineering who have made important Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.

After his retirement, he spent much of his time in England, and he died in London on May 17, 1991. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.

Publications

Apart from many research papers, Hutchinson wrote -

• The Clear Mirror (1936)
• The Itinerant Ivory Tower (1953)
• A Preliminary List of the Writings of Rebecca West, 1912–51 (1957)
• A Treatise on Limnology (1957, 1967, 1975, 1993)

Vol I Geography, Physics and Chemistry (1957)

Vol II Introduction to Lake Biology and the Limnoplankton (1967)

Vol III Limnological Botany (1975)

Vol IV The Zoobenthos (1993)

• The Enchanted Voyage (1962)
• The Ecological Theater and the Evolutionary Play (1965)
• Introduction to Population Ecology (1978) and
• The Kindly Fruits of the Earth: Recollections of an Embryo Ecologist (Yale University Press, 1979)

About him

Myrdene Anderson 2000. Sharing G. Evelyn Hutchinson's fabricational noise. Sign Systems Studies 28: 388–396. Sign Systems Studies is internationally the oldest Semiotics periodical initially published in Russian, since 1998 in English

Sources

• http://lakes.chebucto.org/PEOPLE/hutchins.html
• Announcement of Yale's G. Evelyn Hutchinson Memorial Symposium
• Encyclopaedia Britannica Online: G. Evelyn Hutchinson