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Henry Gee
Birth Name:Henry Ernest Gee
Birth Date:1962 4, df=yes
Birth Place:London
Residence:Cromer -->
Nationality:British
Field:Paleontology
Evolutionary biology
Work Institutions:Nature
Education:Sevenoaks School
Michael Hall school
Thesis Url:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.385371
Thesis Title:Bovidae from the Pleistocene of Britain
Thesis Year:1990
Prizes:European Science Fiction Society's Best Publisher Award (2005)

Henry Ernest Gee (born 24 April 1962 in London, England)[1] is a British paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and senior editor of the scientific journal Nature.[2] [3]

Early life and education

Gee attended Park Hill Junior School for a short time around 1973. Gee attended Sevenoaks School as a boarder. He then attended the Michael Hall School.[4] He earned a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Leeds and completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1990 as a postgraduate student of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.[5] His doctoral research investigated the evolution of bison in Britain in the Ice Age.[5] [4]

Career

Gee joined Nature as a reporter in 1987 and is now Senior Editor, Biological Sciences.[6] He has published a number of books, including[7] [8] [9] In Search of Deep Time (1999),[10] [11] A Field Guide to Dinosaurs (illustrated by Luis Rey) (2003) and Jacob's Ladder (2004).

The Accidental Species, a book on human evolution, was published by the University of Chicago Press in October 2013.[12] [13] According to Stephen Cave (author of Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilisation), Gee writes, "persuasively," that "our obsession with our uniqueness is folly.... We... believe we are so exceptional... that we are the pinnacle of evolution. But this is a misunderstanding: we are just one twig in the thicket, and we could easily have never sprouted at all."[14]

In addition to his professional activities, Gee is a blues musician and a Tolkienist.[13] He was the editor of Mallorn, the journal of the Tolkien Society, for nine issues (2008–13). His science fiction trilogy The Sigil, previously available in draft form online, was published by ReAnimus Press in August and September 2012.[15] [16] [17]

On 17 January 2014, Gee revealed the identity of pseudonymous science blogger, Dr. Isis on Twitter.[18] Dr. Isis was an open critic of the scientific journal Nature, where Gee is a senior editor. Nature released a statement on the matter.[19]

His book, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, won the 2022 Royal Society Science Books Prize.[20]

Personal life

Residence is in Cromer.

In 2019, he appeared on Christmas University Challenge as a member of the winning Leeds University team, alongside Jonathan Clements and Timothy Allen, captained by Richard Coles.

Books

Gee's publications include:[21] [22]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr Henry Gee announced as winner of the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize Royal Society . 2023-06-13 . royalsociety.org.
  2. Web site: About the editors . Nature . Henry Gee, Senior Editor, Biology, London. Education: BSc, University of Leeds; PhD, University of Cambridge. Areas of responsibility include: aspects of integrative and comparative biology (including palaeontology, evolutionary developmental biology, taxonomy and systematics), archaeology and biomechanics.. Nature (journal) .
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/henry-gee Articles by Henry Gee
  4. News: Sale. Jonathan. 'I was 516th Goblin and a Female Troll'; An education in the life of Henry Gee, writer, scientist and Middle Earth boffin. The Independent. 16 June 2005. .
  5. PhD. University of Cambridge. Bovidae from the Pleistocene of Britain. Henry Ernest. Gee. 1990. . lib.cam.ac.uk. 53501319.
  6. News: Henry Gee's profile . Nature Network . 2011 . 9 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111121151316/http://network.nature.com/profile/henrygee . 21 November 2011.
  7. Northcutt. R. Glenn. 1996-01-01. Gee. Henry. Heads and Tails. 2890927. Science. 274. 5293. 1629. 1996Sci...274.1629G. 10.1126/science.274.5293.1629a. 86322160 .
  8. Gans. Carl. 1997-01-01. Review of Before the Backbone: Views on the Origin of the Vertebrates. 3884031. American Zoologist. 37. 4. 433–434. 10.1093/icb/37.4.433. free.
  9. Horder. T. J.. 1998-01-01. Gee. Henry. Bowler. Peter J.. Nyhart. Lynn K.. Why do Scientists Need to be Historians?. 3036559. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 73. 2. 175–187. 10.1086/420184. 85669111.
  10. Web site: Book review: In Search of Deep Time. 2001. 1 September 2011. Henry Gee, who is now Senior Editor of Nature, was a witness of this turmoil because he was working at the museum as a student in the 1970s, when he got to know the chief actors in the drama. He remains convinced that the science of cladistics is a vital intellectual tool for our understanding of what he calls Deep Time, to distinguish it from ordinary historical time, which he sees as being qualitatively as well as quantitatively different.. Campbell, Anthony. 2 January 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070102025927/http://www.acampbell.ukfsn.org/bookreviews/r/gee.html. dead.
  11. News: Sorry, but are we related?. 8 April 2000. The Independent. Vines. Gail. .
  12. News: Accidental Species. University of Chicago Press. 2013 . 3 January 2014.
  13. News: A new book challenges the common view of human evolution.. 25 November 2013. The Washington Post. .
  14. News: The Human Touch. 8 February 2014. Financial Times. Cave. Stephen. .
  15. Web site: Siege of Stars at ISFDB. 2020-02-26.
  16. Web site: Scourge of Stars at ISFDB. 2020-02-26.
  17. Web site: Rage of Stars at ISFDB. 2020-02-26.
  18. Web site: Lecher. Colin. Why Did This Top Science Journal Editor Expose A Blogger's Pen Name?. 22 January 2014 .
  19. Web site: Internet Archive Capture of Press release archive: About NPG. www.nature.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20140124051941/http://www.nature.com/press_releases/nature-statement.html. en. 2020-10-01. 24 January 2014.
  20. Web site: 2022-11-30 . 'A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth' wins Royal Society Science Book Prize . 2022-12-01 . Books+Publishing . en-AU.
  21. Henry Gee's
  22. Web site: Henry Gee . 2023-06-13 . University of Chicago Press . en.
  23. News: The Science of Middle-earth. 19 May 2005. The Guardian. Alok. Jha. .
  24. News: The Accidental Species (book review). 1 December 2013. The Daily Telegraph. .
  25. Web site: Henry Gee . 2023-06-13 . www.panmacmillan.com . en.

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