Lynn Margulis Height, Weight, Religion, Net Worth, Age, Biography

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Lynn Margulis (Lynn Petra Alexander)

Last Updated: 19 Apr, 2024 | Views: 518

Age: 73

Profession: Scientist

Other Profession(s): Plant Biologist, Microbiologist, Higher Education Teacher

Famous For: Theory of symbiogenesis

Higher Education: Graduate

Lynn Margulis Religion, Birthday, Age

Date of Birth

05 Mar, 1938 (73 Years 08 Months)

Birth Country

United States

Birth State/Province

Illinois

Birth District

Chicago

Birth Sign

Pisces

Religion

Jewish

Nationalities

American

Died on

05 Nov, 2011

Cause of Death

Stroke

Lynn Margulis Early life, Education, Career, Awards, Achievements, Controversy, Unknown Facts

About (profile/biography)
Lynn Margulis, born as Lynn Petra Alexander, was an American evolutionary biologist. She’s one of the lead individuals who backed up the significance of symbiosis in evolution. Furthermore, she also co-developed the Gaia Hypothesis with British chemist James Lovelock.

Lynn Margulis Career:
•   Margulis graduated with a BA from the University of Chicago in 1957 at the age of 19.
•   In 1966, she enrolled in Boston University's biology department.
•   Margulis published a theoretical article titled "On the Origin of Mitosing Cells" in 1966.
•   Margulis was admitted to the National Academy of Sciences in 1983.
•   Her appointment as Distinguished Professor of Botany at the University of Massachusetts Amherst took place in 1988.
•   Lynn was the main supporters and defender of Robert Whittaker's five-kingdom classification.

Lynn Margulis Awards and Achievements:
Sigma Xi awarded her their William Procter Prize in 1999.
On top of that Bill Clinton presented her the National Medal of Science that same year.
She finally received the Darwin-Wallace Medal from London’s Linnean Society in 2008.

Lynn Margulis Personal Life:
In 1957 Margulis married a man named Carl Sagan. However, their marriage ended in 1964.
Thomas N. Margulis was a crystallographer who she married in 1967, unfortunately like the previous it didn’t work out either and they got divorced in 1980.
Margulis had a relationship with fellow biologist Ricardo Guerrero.

Lynn Margulis Unknown Facts:
She was a religious agnostic.
Margulis died on November 22nd at home in Amherst, Massachusetts from a stroke. The odd thing about it is that she died five days after having a hemorrhagic stroke