[1] Born into a Protestant family.
Father: Otto Mayr (attorney, jurist, b. 23-Jul-1867, d. 1-Jul-1917)
Mother: Helene Pusinelli (b. 22-Jul-1870, d. 31-May-1952)
Brother: Otto (b. 1901, d. 1985)
Brother: Hans (b. 1906, d. 1954)
Wife: Margarete Simon ("Gretel", m. 4-May-1935, d. 1990, two daughters)
Daughter: Christa Elizabeth
Daughter: Susanne
University: PhD Zoology, University of Berlin (1926)
Professor: Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Harvard University (1953-61)
American Museum of Natural History Curator of Birds (1932-53)
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology Director (1961-70)
Academy of Achievement (2001)
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Naturalized US Citizen
National Medal of Science 1970
Balzan Prize 1983
Darwin Medal 1984
Author of books:
Methods and Principles of Systemic Zoology (1963, zoology, with E. G. Linsley and R. L. Usinger)
Animal Species and Evolution (1963, zoology)
The Growth of Biological Thought (1982, biology)
AKA Ernst Walter Mayr
