Professor Emeritus of Zoology, University of British Columbia
Dennis Chitty came to Canada in 1930. He is the author of various scientific papers on the regulation of numbers in natural populations of animals, especially small mammals. Chitty's studies are cited in all ecological textbooks. He has studied cycling populations for more than 60 years. He has been very influential and has left a large scientific school of experimental ecologists. He won a Master Teacher Award in 1973, and the Fry Medal in 1988.
B.A., U. of Toronto, 1935; M.A. Oxford University, 1947; D.Phil. 1949. Small Mammal Research, Bureau of Animal Population, Oxford U. 1935-61 and U. British Columbia, 1972-86. Taught history and principles of biology, UBC, 1961-78. Master Teacher Award, 1973. Fry Medallist, 1988, Canadian Society of Zoology.
Sources: Canadian Who's Who 1993; Carlos Galinda-Leal
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