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): David Mills (cricketer) • George Steiner • Gianandrea Noseda • Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel • Lee Young-pyo • Leni Robredo • Louis Muhlstock • Michael Lynne • Patrick Poulin • Paul Belmondo • Peter Dench • Stephen A. Douglas

Born in the same month (April 1901): Ajoy Mukherjee • Al Lewis (lyricist) • Alan Watt (diplomat) • Chester B. Bowles • Curt Bois • Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil • H. B. Stallard • Hirohito • Jacques Lacan • Jean Bruchési • Joe Davis • Lowell Stockman • Melvyn Douglas • Paul Willis (actor) • Pier Giorgio Frassati • René Pleven • Whittaker Chambers