E. B. Ford

Edmund Brisco "Henry" Ford was a British ecological geneticist. He was a leader among those British biologists who investigated the role of natural selection in nature. As a schoolboy Ford became interested in lepidoptera, the group of insects which includes butterflies and moths. He went on to study the genetics of natural populations, and invented the field of ecological genetics. Ford was awarded the Royal Society's Darwin Medal in 1954. In the wider world his best known work is Butterflies (1945).

23 April 1901

Born on the same birth day (23 April): Aaron Dessner • Afonso II of Portugal • Carlton Sherwood • Chloe Kim • Dennis Culp • Egemen Bağış • Georges Vanier • Gezahegne Abera • Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel • Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson • James Buchanan • Jesse Lee Soffer • Lee Je-no • Patrick Poulin • Prince Louis of Wales • Ronald Neame • Samppa Lajunen • Yelena Shushunova

Born in the same month (April 1901): Ajoy Mukherjee • Al Lewis (lyricist) • Curt Bois • Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil • Doggie Julian • H. B. Stallard • Hirohito • Jacques Lacan • Jean Bruchési • Lowell Stockman • Melvyn Douglas • Paul Willis (actor) • Pier Giorgio Frassati • Simon Kuznets • Whittaker Chambers