Quote by: Ernst Mayr

In those early years in New York when I was a stranger in a big city, it was the companionship and later friendship which I was offered in the Linnean Society that was the most important thing in my life.


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Author Bio


  • NameErnst Mayr
  • DescriptionGerman-American evolutionary biologist
  • BornJuly 5, 1904
  • DiedFebruary 3, 2005
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Germany
  • ProfessionCurator; Biologist; Zoologist; Ornithologist; Philosopher; Writer
  • AwardsCrafoord Prize; Balzan Prize