American Society of Naturalists
The American Society of Naturalists is an international society dedicated to the advancement of biology and specifically the conceptual unity of biological sciences.
It was founded in 1883 by some former students of Louis Agassiz such as Alpheus Spring Packard , who also previously published the popular science biology journal The American Naturalist , founded in 1867 (in contrast to Agassiz, however, followers of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution ). The magazine was founded by Alpheus Spring Packard, Frederic W. Putnam , Alpheus Hyatt , Edward S. Morse at Peabody Academy and the Essex Institute in Salem, Massachusetts . In 1878 the editorship went to Edward Drinker Cope (1895 President of the Society) and Packard. The magazine is still published by the company. The Society's first meeting was held in Springfield, Massachusetts , in April 1883 . Despite the name, they have an international membership and also hold their annual general meeting overseas, for example in 2007 in New Zealand and 2015 in Brazil.
They award the Sewall Wright Award (from 1991) and the EO Wilson Award (from 1997).
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- ↑ The promotion and dissemination of knowledge about the evolution of living things and other general biological principles in order to promote the conceptual unity of the biological sciences, to advance and diffuse knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles so as to enhance the conceptual unification of the biological science , Official Website, About the Society