Evelyn Pielou was born in Bognor Regis, England. She studied at the University of London and became a biologist, eventually becoming a professor at Dalhousie University and Oil Sands Environmental Research professor at the U. of Lethbridge. She contributed significantly to the development of mathematical ecology and wrote several books. She received the Lawson Medal, the Eminent Ecologist Award and the Distinguished Statistical Ecologist Award from the International Congress of Ecology.
BSc, U. of London, 1951; PhD, 1962; DSc, 1975. Research Scientist Candn. Dept. of Forestry, 1963-64; Resch. Scientist, Dept. Agric., 1964-67; Prof. of Biol. Queen's U., Kingston, 1968-71; Killam Research Prof., Dalhousie U., Halifax, 1971-74; Prof. of Biology, Dalhousie U., 1974-81; Oil Sands Environmental Rsrch Prof., U. of Lethbridge 1981-86; author "Introduction to Mathematical Ecology" 1969; "Population and Community Ecology" 1974; "Ecological Diversity" 1975; "Mathematical Ecology" 1977; "Biogeography" 1979; "Interpretation of Ecological Data" 1984; "The World of Northern Evergreens" 1988; "After the Ice Age" 1991; other writings incl. over 60 papers, articles and sci. pubs. Fellow, Royal Soc. of Arts; recipient George Lawson medal of Candn. Botanical Assn. 1984; Eminent Ecologist Award of Ecolog. Soc. of Am. 1986; Distinguished Statistical Ecologist Award of the Internat. Congress of Ecology, 1990.
Sources: Canadian Who's Who, 1993; Steve Cumming
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