Question

The biologist who has been called as the Darwin of the $20^{\text{th}}$ century, was

• A. Linnaeus
• B. Ernst Mayr
• C. Diener
• D. Whittaker

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Ernst Mayr, the Harward University, evolutionary biologist; who has been called The Darwin of the $20^{\text{th}}$ century, was one of the $100$ greatest scientists of all time. He joined Harwards Faculty of Arts and Sciences in $1953$ and retired in $1975$, assuming the tide Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology Emeritus.