Peter Sneath
Peter H. A. Sneath | |
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Born | [1] | 17 November 1923
Died | 9 September 2011 | (aged 87)
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Known for | numerical taxonomy |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | microbiology |
Institutions | University of Leicester |
Thesis | The bacterial genus Chromobacterium (1959) |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Sneath |
Peter Henry Andrews Sneath FRS,[1] MD (17 November 1923 – September 9, 2011) was a microbiologist who co-founded the field of numerical taxonomy, together with Robert R. Sokal. Sneath and Sokal wrote Principles of Numerical Taxonomy,[2] revised in 1973 as Numerical Taxonomy.[3] Sneath reviewed the state of numerical taxonomy in 1995[4] and wrote some autobiographical notes in 2010.[5]
A special issue of the journal Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, on microbial systematics, is dedicated to the memory of Peter Sneath.[6]
References
- ^ .
- ISBN 0-7167-0621-0.
- ISBN 0-7167-0697-0.
- .
- ^ Sneath, P. H. A. (2010). "Reflections on prokaryotic systematics" (PDF). The Bulletin of BISMiS. 1 (1): 77–83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2012.
- PMID 22080412.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Sneath.
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