Charles Sutherland Elton

Charles Sutherland Elton
Born29 March 1900
Manchester, England
Died1 May 1991 (aged 91)
Oxford, England
Alma materOxford University
Known forEltonian niche, food chain
SpousesRosé Montague (1928)(divorced)
Edith Joy Scovell (1937)
AwardsLinnean Medal (1967)
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1976)
Darwin Medal (1970)
Scientific career
FieldsAnimal ecology, zoology
InstitutionsOxford University
Doctoral studentsDennis H. Chitty, Francis C. Evans, William W. Murdoch, Michael Smyth

Charles Sutherland Elton FRS[1] (29 March 1900 – 1 May 1991) was an English zoologist and animal ecologist. He is associated with the development of population and community ecology, including studies of invasive organisms.

  1. ^ Southwood, R.; Clarke, J. R. (1999). "Charles Sutherland Elton. 29 March 1900 – 1 May 1991: Elected F.R.S. 1953". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 45: 129. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0010.

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