Godfrey Hewitt
Godfrey M Hewitt | |
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Professor Godfrey Hewitt (2001) | |
| Born | 10 January 1940 Worcester, England, U.K |
| Died | 18 February 2013 (aged 73) Cambridge, England, U.K |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham University of California, Davis |
| Known for | Influential work in evolutionary genetics, training and acting as a mentor to many academics |
| Awards | Darwin–Wallace Medal (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Phylogeography, Hybridization, Speciation |
| Institutions | University of East Anglia |
| Doctoral advisor | Kenneth Mather, John Jinks, and Bernard John |
| Doctoral students | Nick Barton Richard Nichols Michael Ritchie |
| Website | http://www.uea.ac.uk/biological-sciences/news/professor-godfrey-hewitt |
Godfrey Matthew Hewitt (10 January 1940 – 18 February 2013) was a British professor and evolutionary geneticist at the University of East Anglia who was very influential in the development of the fields of molecular ecology, phylogeography, speciation and hybridisation.