Michael Majerus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michael Majerus

British geneticist

Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1954

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 27-Jan-2009

Profession: lepidopterist, geneticist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Michael Eugene Nicolas Majerus (13 February 1954 – 27 January 2009) was a British geneticist and professor of evolution at the University of Cambridge.
He was also a teaching fellow at Clare College, Cambridge.
He was an enthusiast in Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and became a world authority in his field of insect evolutionary biology.
He was widely noted for his work on moths and ladybirds and as an advocate of the science of evolution.
He was also an enthusiastic educator and the author of several books on insects, evolution and sexual reproduction.
He is best remembered as an ardent supporter and champion of experiments on peppered moth evolution.