1938 - 2011
Lynn Margulis American Scientist
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Lynn Margulis was previously married to Thomas Margulis (1967 - 1980) and Carl Sagan (1957 - 1963).
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American Scientist Lynn Margulis was born Lynn Petra Alexander on 5th March, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, USA and passed away on 22nd Nov 2011 Amherst, Massachusetts, USA aged 73. She is most remembered for National Medal of Science by President Clinton in 1999 for her work in evolution. Her zodiac sign is Pisces.
Lynn Margulis is a member of the following lists: University of California, Berkeley alumni, 1938 births and American agnostics.
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Relationship Statistics
| Type | Total | Longest | Average | Shortest |
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| Married | 2 |
14 years
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10 years, 6 months
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7 years
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| Total | 2 |
14 years
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10 years, 6 months
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7 years
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Details
| First Name |
Lynn
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| Middle Name |
Petra
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| Last Name |
Margulis
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| Maiden Name |
Alexander
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| Full Name at Birth |
Lynn Petra Alexander
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| Alternative Name |
Lynn Margulis, Lynn Margulis Ph.D., Lynn Petra Alexander, Lynn Alexander
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| Birthday |
5th March, 1938
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| Birthplace |
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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| Died |
22nd November, 2011
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| Place of Death |
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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| Cause of Death |
Stroke
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| Build |
Average
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| Hair Color |
Brown - Dark
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| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
American
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| High School |
University of Chicago’s Laboratory Schools
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| University |
University of Chicago (1957), University of Wisconsin in 1960 with a master’s in genetics and zoology, Ph.D Genetics, University of California at Berkeley (1965)
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| Occupation Text |
Professor of Biology
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| Occupation |
Scientist
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| Claim to Fame |
National Medal of Science by President Clinton in 1999 for her work in evolution
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| Official Websites |
science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/famous-scientists/biologists/lynn-margulis-info.htm, www.geo.umass.edu/faculty/margulis/, www.nndb.com/people/228/000268421/
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Lynn Margulis (born Lynn Petra Alexander; March 5, 1938 – November 22, 2011) was an American evolutionary theorist, biologist, science author, educator, and science popularizer, and was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiosis in evolution. Historian Jan Sapp has said that "Lynn Margulis's name is as synonymous with symbiosis as Charles Darwin's is with evolution." In particular, Margulis transformed and fundamentally framed current understanding of the evolution of cells with nuclei – an event Ernst Mayr called "perhaps the most important and dramatic event in the history of life" – by proposing it to have been the result of symbiotic mergers of bacteria. Margulis was also the co-developer of the Gaia hypothesis with the British chemist James Lovelock, proposing that the Earth functions as a single self-regulating system, and was the principal defender and promulgator of the five kingdom classification of Robert Whittaker.
