Thomas Cavalier-Smith

Thomas Cavalier-Smith
Born	(1942-10-21)21 October 1942 London, United Kingdom
Died	19 March 2021(2021-03-19) (aged 78)
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, King's College London
Known for	Cavalier-Smith's system of classification of all organisms
Awards	Fellow of the Royal Society (1998) International Prize for Biology (2004) The Linnean Medal (2007) Frink Medal (2007)
Scientific career
Fields	Zoology
Institutions	King's College London, University of British Columbia, University of Oxford
Thesis	Organelle Development in Chlamydomonas reinhardii (1967)
Website	www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/people/view/cavaliersmith_t.htm

Thomas (Tom) Cavalier-Smith, FRS, FRSC, NERC Professorial Fellow (21 October 1942 – 19 March 2021^[1]), was a professor of evolutionary biology in the Department of Zoology, at the University of Oxford.^[2]

His research has led to discovery of a number of unicellular organisms (protists) and advocated for a variety of major taxonomic groups, such as the Chromista, Chromalveolata, Opisthokonta, Rhizaria, and Excavata. He was known for his systems of classification of all organisms.