Warder Clyde Allee
Warder Clyde Allee | |
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| Born | June 5, 1885 Bloomingdale, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | March 18, 1955 (aged 69) Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Earlham College (S.B.) University of Chicago (S.M., Ph.D) |
| Known for | Research on animal behavior, protocooperation, and for identifying the Allee effect |
| Spouse | Marjorie Hill (m. 1912) |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Behavioral sciences Zoology |
| Institutions | University of Florida University of Illinois University of Chicago |
| Doctoral students | Thomas Park |
Warder Clyde "W.C." Allee (June 5, 1885 – March 18, 1955) was an American ecologist. He is recognized to be one of the great pioneers of American ecology. As an accomplished zoologist and ecologist, Allee was best known and recognized for his research on social behavior, aggregations and distributions of animals in aquatic as well as terrestrial environments. Allee attended Earlham College and upon his graduation in 1908, pursued advanced studies at the University of Chicago where he received his PhD and graduated summa cum laude in 1912.
Allee's most significant research occurred during his time at the University of Chicago and at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole in Massachusetts. His research findings led to many publications, with the most notable being Principles of Animal Ecology and Animal Aggregations. Allee was married to author Marjorie Hill Allee and remained active in the field of biology until his death in 1955 at the age of 69.