George R. Price, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George R. Price

American population geneticist

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1922

Place of Birth: United States of America, United States

Date of Death: 06-Jan-1975

Profession: physicist, mathematician, geneticist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

George Robert Price (October 6, 1922 – January 6, 1975) was an American population geneticist. Originally a physical chemist and later a science journalist, he moved to London in 1967, where he worked in theoretical biology at the Galton Laboratory, making three important contributions: first, rederiving W.D.
Hamilton's work on kin selection with a new Price equation that vindicated group selection; second, introducing (with John Maynard Smith) the concept of the evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS), a central concept in game theory; and third, formalizing Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection. After converting to Christianity and giving all his possessions to the poor, Price grew depressed and died by suicide.