Sewall Wright (1889-1988)

American population geneticist, best known for his "shifting balance theory," and as one of the three founders of modern theoretical population genetics (with Fisher and Haldane).

Wright in 1928. From Provine, p. 173.

Career:

Student, Bussey Institution, Harvard University
Student, Cold Spring Harbor, summer 1911
Researcher, USDA, through the end of 1925
Professor, University of Chicago, 1926-1954
Fulbright professor, University of Edinburgh, 1949-1950
Emeritus professor, University of Wisconsin, from 1954

Studied under:

W. E. Castle (Harvard)
C. B. Davenport (Cold Spring Harbor)

Students:

J. F. Crow (Wisconsin)
Motoo Kimura (Wisconsin)
Janice Spofford (Chicago)

Colleagues:

Key publications:

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