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Tim Clutton-Brock
Birth Name:Timothy Hugh Clutton-Brock
Birth Date:1946 8, df=yes
Citizenship:British
Workplaces:University of Cambridge
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge (PhD)
Thesis Title:Feeding and ranging behaviour of the red colobus monkey
Thesis Url:http://ulmss-newton.lib.cam.ac.uk/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=7147
Thesis Year:1973
Doctoral Advisor:Robert Hinde
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Timothy Hugh Clutton-Brock (born 13 August 1946) is a British zoologist known for his comparative studies of the behavioural ecology of mammals,[1] particularly red deer and meerkats.[2]

Education

Clutton-Brock was educated at the University of Cambridge, where he received a PhD in 1972.[3]

Career and research

As of 2008, he is the Prince Philip Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and head of the Large Animal Research Group at the Department of Zoology of the University of Cambridge,[2] and a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge.[4] He also holds extraordinary professorships in the Department of Zoology and Entomology and the Mammal Research Institute of the University of Pretoria, South Africa.[5]

Clutton-Brock's early work was on social behaviour in primates. Much of his recent work focuses on three long-term studies: of Red Deer on the Scottish island of Rùm, of Soay sheep on St Kilda, and of meerkats in the southern Kalahari.[6] He is one of the founders of the Kalahari Meerkat Project, the subjects of which are featured in the television programme Meerkat Manor.[7]

Books

Reviews

Articles

Awards and honours

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1987.[8] He is an ISI Highly Cited researcher.[9] He won the 1997 Frink Medal of the Zoological Society of London.

In 2012, he was awarded the Darwin Medal from the Royal Society for his work on the diversity of animal societies and demonstration of their effects on the evolution of reproductive strategies, and the operation of selection and the dynamics of populations.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Bateson. Patrick. Patrick Bateson. Barker. David. Clutton-Brock. Timothy. Pat Monaghan. Deb. Debal. D'Udine. Bruno. Foley. Robert A.. Gluckman. Peter. Godfrey. Keith. Kirkwood. Tom. Lahr. Marta Mirazón. McNamara. John. Metcalfe. Neil B.. Monaghan. Patricia. Spencer. Hamish G.. Sultan. Sonia E.. Developmental plasticity and human health. Nature. 430. 6998. 2004. 419–421. 0028-0836. 10.1038/nature02725. 15269759. 2004Natur.430..419B . 4374045 .
  2. http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/ZOOSTAFF/larg/pages/tim.html University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology page for Professor Tim Clutton-Brock FRS
  3. Timothy Hugh. Clutton-Brock. 1972. . PhD. University of Cambridge. Feeding and ranging behaviour of the red colobus monkey. 500406063.
  4. Web site: Fellows by Subject . Magdalene College, Cambridge. 20 March 2008.
  5. Web site: Faculties of the University of Pretoria . University of Pretoria. 20 March 2008.
  6. Web site: Tim Clutton-Brock. Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. 19 March 2008.
  7. Web site: Meerkats: The Zoological Jackpot. https://web.archive.org/web/20071219171820/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0209/feature3/online_extra.html. dead. 19 December 2007. National Geographic. 19 March 2008.
  8. Web site: Anon. Professor Timothy Clutton-Brock FRS . Royal Society. 1993. London. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
  9. Web site: ISIHighlyCited.com: Clutton-Brock, Timothy H. . Thomson Scientific. 20 March 2008.
  10. Web site: Darwin Medal . Royal Society . 21 December 2012.

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