John Maynard Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Maynard Smith

British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1920

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 19-Apr-2004

Profession: writer, mathematician, economist, zoologist, biologist, university teacher, geneticist, theoretical biologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

John Maynard Smith (6 January 1920 – 19 April 2004) was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist.
Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics under the well-known biologist J.
B.
S.
Haldane.
Maynard Smith was instrumental in the application of game theory to evolution with George R.
Price, and theorised on other problems such as the evolution of sex and signalling theory.