BIOLOGIST

Warwick Estevam Kerr

1922 - 2018

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Warwick Estevam Kerr (9 September 1922 – 15 September 2018) was a Brazilian agricultural engineer, geneticist, entomologist, professor and scientific leader, notable for his discoveries in the genetics and sex determination of bees. The Africanized bee in the western hemisphere is directly descended from 26 Tanzanian queen bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) accidentally released by one of his assistant bee-keepers. When reassembling a hive, the assistant forgot to install the queen excluder. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Warwick Estevam Kerr has received more than 119,740 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Warwick Estevam Kerr is the 788th most popular biologist (up from 875th in 2019), the 613th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 714th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Brazilian Biologist.

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  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Warwick Estevam Kerr ranks 788 out of 1,097. Before him are Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, Aharon Katzir, Frédéric de Lafresnaye, Sabin Berthelot, Ernst Ahl, and Johannes Müller Argoviensis. After him are Domenico Vandelli, Philipp Christoph Zeller, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, Karel Domin, Alfred Romer, and Thomas Andrew Knight.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Warwick Estevam Kerr ranks 319. Before him are Marcel Mouloudji, Nancy Walker, Mariya Polivanova, Coleen Gray, Roger Gautier, and Gustav Freij. After him are Per Olof Sundman, Olga Guillot, Solomana Kante, María Luisa Bemberg, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Musa Gareyev. Among people deceased in 2018, Warwick Estevam Kerr ranks 344. Before him are Shuhrat Abbosov, Ray Wilson, Madalena Iglésias, Anne V. Coates, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, and Mel Ramos. After him are José Antonio Zaldúa, Dariush Shayegan, Ray Wilkins, Mohammed Hazzaz, Leo Falcam, and Daša Drndić.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Warwick Estevam Kerr ranks 613 out of 2,236. Before him are João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941), Pita (1958), Luiz Bueno (1937), Alexandre Torres (1966), Carlos Latuff (1968), and Luiz Luz (1909). After him are Eusébio Scheid (1932), Hermógenes Fonseca (1908), Argemiro (1915), Vampeta (1974), Pedro Diniz (1970), and Milton Viera (1946).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Brazil

Among biologists born in Brazil, Warwick Estevam Kerr ranks 4. Before him are Peter Medawar (1915), Bertha Lutz (1894), and Euclides da Cunha (1866). After him are João Barbosa Rodrigues (1842).

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