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Vero Wynne-Edwards
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Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire
Born on 4th of July 1906
Died on 5th of January 1997

Born 1906. Died 1997 - English zoologist.


Educated at Oxford and Plymouth. Researched avian biology in Canada. Published Animal Dispersion in Relation to Social Behaviour (1962) and Evolution through Group Selection (1986). Elected FRS in 1970.

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