Colin Patterson | |
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| Born | 13 October 1933 London |
| Died | 9 March 1998 (aged 64) London |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Palaeontologist |
| Parent(s) | Maurice W. Patterson (father) Norah J. Patterson (mother) |
| Awards | Romer-Simpson Medal Linnean Medal |
Colin Patterson FRS (1933–1998), was a British palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in London from 1962 to his official retirement in 1993[1] who specialised in fossil fish and systematics, advocating the transformed cladistics school.[2]