William B. Provine | |
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 Provine in 2008 | |
| Born | February 19, 1942 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | September 1, 2015 (aged 73) Horseheads, New York, U.S. |
| Employer | Cornell University |
William Ball Provine (February 19, 1942 – September 1, 2015)[1] was an American historian of science and of evolutionary biology and population genetics. He was the Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor at Cornell University and was a professor in the Departments of History, Science and Technology Studies, and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.