G. Evelyn Hutchinson holding a baby potto

George Evelyn Hutchinson (born January 30, 1903, died May 17, 1991) was an Anglo-American zoologist known for his studies of freshwater lakes and considered the father of modern limnology. Image File history File linksMetadata GEvelynHutchinson. ... Image File history File linksMetadata GEvelynHutchinson. ... Binomial name Perodicticus potto (P.L.S. Müller, 1766) The Potto (Perodicticus potto) is a strepsirrhine primate from the Lorisidae family. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... British Americans are citizens of the United States whose ancestry stems, either wholly or in part, from one of the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom. ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... Lake Clearwater, Ontario, Canada A lake is a large body of water, usually fresh water, surrounded by land. ... The following tables list men and women described as father or mother of something[1]. Exceptions are those people described as fathers or mothers of nations; these are listed at Father and Mother of the Nation. ... Limnology is a discipline that concerns the study of in-land waters (both saline and fresh), specifically lakes, ponds and rivers (both natural and manmade), including their biological, physical, chemical, and hydrological aspects. ...

Born at Cambridge in England, Hutchinson was educated at Gresham's School, Holt and the University of Cambridge, and, after two years of lecturing at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, he joined the faculty at Yale University in 1928. His illustrious career at Yale lasted for forty-three years, and he became a US citizen in 1941. Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... Gresham’s School is an independent, fully co-educational HMC boarding school set in the beautiful town of Holt in the North Norfolk countryside. ... Holt is a market town in the county of Norfolk, England. ... The University of Cambridge (often called Cambridge University, or just Cambridge), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The University of the Witwatersrand (pronounced vit-vaters-rant, with flat vowels -- see South African English) is a leading South African university situated in Johannesburg. ... Yale redirects here. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... // Possession of Citizenship U.S. citizens have the right to participate in the political system of the United States (with reservations for prisoners, ex-prisoners, and naturalized persons), are represented and protected abroad by the United States (through U.S. embassies and consulates), and are allowed to reside in the... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...

In 1949, Hutchinson was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 1950 to the National Academy of Science. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1991. 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The House of the Academy, Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... President Harding and the National Academy of Sciences at the White House, Washington, DC, April 1921 The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine. ... National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science, also called the Presidential Medal of Science, is an honor given by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After his retirement, he spent much of his time in England, and he died in London on May 17, 1991. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Publications

Apart from many research papers, Hutchinson wrote -

• The Clear Mirror (1936)
• The Itinerant Ivory Tower (1953)
• A Preliminary List of the Writings of Rebecca West, 1912–51 (1957)
• A Treatise on Limnology (1957, 1967, 1975, 1993)

Vol I Geography, Physics and Chemistry (1957)

Vol II Introduction to Lake Biology and the Limnoplankton (1967)

Vol III Limnological Botany (1975)

Vol IV The Zoobenthos (1993)

• The Enchanted Voyage (1962)
• The Ecological Theater and the Evolutionary Play (1965)
• Introduction to Population Ecology (1978) and
• The Kindly Fruits of the Earth: Recollections of an Embryo Ecologist (Yale University Press, 1979)

Sources

• http://lakes.chebucto.org/PEOPLE/hutchins.html
• Announcement of Yale's G. Evelyn Hutchinson Memorial Symposium
• Encyclopaedia Britannica Online: G. Evelyn Hutchinson