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Hugo de Vries is Born
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Huge de Vries
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Graduated from Leiden University
Unknown Month and Day of Graduation. Huge de Vries Graduated from Leiden University with a Doctorate of Botany -
In 1875, Hugo de Vries moved to Germany
Unknown Month and Day. Huge de Vries moves to Germany where he worked and published his findings on plant growth -
Huge de Vries Meets Louise Egeling
Unkown Month and Day.While living in Germany he met and married Elisabeth Louise Egeling in 1878. They returned to Amsterdam where Hugo was hired as a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. -
Huge given a full proffessorship in botany
Unkown Month and Day. in 1881, he was given full professorship in botany. Hugo and Elisabeth had a total of four children - one daughter and three sons. -
1889 Hypothesis of Genes by Huge de Vries
Unkown Month and Day. In 1889, Hugo de Vries hypothesized that his plants had what he called pangenes. (Pangenes are what are now known as genes and they carried the genetic information from one generation to the next.) -
Hugo de Vries Retires
Unkown Month and Day. Hugo de Vries retired from active teaching in 1918 and moved to his large estate where he continued to work in his large garden and study the plants he grew there, coming up with different discoveries in which he published. -
Hugo de Vries Dies
Hugo de Vries dies in Amsterdam on March 21st 1935 -
Richard Dawkins Birth
Born in Nairobi Kenya -
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Richard Dawkins
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Richard Dakwins gets B.A.
Unkown Month and Day. He received a B.A. degree in biology from Balliol College, Oxford in 1962. -
Richard Dawkins gets M.A. And D.Phil
Unknown Month and day. He gets an M.A. and D.Phil. in 1966. -
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Assistant Professer of Zoology
Unknown Month and Day. Ricard Dawkins. University of California, Berkeley, assistant professor of zoology, between 1967-1969. -
Richard Dawkins marries Marian Stamp
Richard Dawkins marries Marian Stamp. -
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Richard Dawkins Furthers his career.
Unkown Month and Day. Richard Dawkins. Oxford University, lecturer in zoology and fellow of New College, 1970-1990, and later a reader in zoology, 1990-1995 -
Richard Dawkins Publishes The Blind watchmaker
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Richard Dawkins Publishes Blind Watchmaker, published in 1976. which since has been published in 13 languages worldwide. -
Richard Dawkins - Extended Phenotype
Unknown Month and Day. Extended Phenotype Published -
Richard Divorces and Re-marries
Richard Dawkins divorced in 1984. In the same year, Dawkins married Eve Barham 1st June, and they had child(ren), but they also divorced. -
Richard Dawkins - The Selfish Gene
Unkown Month and Day. Publishes the Selfish Gene. -
Dawkins meets Lalla Ward and marries her.
Unkown Month and Day. He married former actor Lalla Ward in 1992, after having been introduced to her by Douglas Adams (who was a colleague of hers on the production team of Dr Who). Dawkins and Adams quickly became friends after he had written a fan letter to Adams. -
Richard Dawkins - River Our of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life
Unkown Month and Day. Publishes River Our of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life. -
Richard Dawkins Became Charles Simonyi Professer.
Unkown Month and Day. In 1995 Richard Dawkins became Charles Simonyi Professor For The Understanding Of Science at Oxford -
Richard Dawkins - Climbing Mount Improbable
Unknown Day and Month. Publishes Climbing Mount Improbable. -
Richard Dawkins - Unweaving the Rainbow
Unknown Month and Day. Publishes Unweaving the Rainbow. -
Richard Dawkins elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 2001
JUnknown Month and Day. Richard Dawkins was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2001. -
Richard Dawkins - A Devil’s Chaplain
Unknown Month and Day. Publishes A Devil’s Chaplain.