Richard Swann Lull

Richard Swann Lull
Charcoal portrait of Richard Swann Lull on tan canvas
Born(1867-11-06)November 6, 1867
DiedApril 22, 1957(1957-04-22) (aged 89)
Alma materRutgers College
Columbia University
Scientific career
FieldsPaleontology
InstitutionsMassachusetts Agricultural College
Yale University
Doctoral advisorHenry Fairfield Osborn
Notable studentsGeorge Gaylord Simpson[1]

Richard Swann Lull (November 6, 1867 – April 22, 1957) was an American paleontologist and Sterling Professor at Yale University who is largely remembered now for championing a non-Darwinian view of evolution, whereby mutation(s) could unlock presumed "genetic drives" that, over time, would lead populations to increasingly extreme phenotypes (and perhaps, ultimately, to extinction).

  1. ^ "Richard Swann Lull". Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Yale University. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2015.