Background
Pimm, Stuart L. was born on February 27, 1949 in Derbyshire, England. Naturalized, United States.
educator conservationist biologist
Pimm, Stuart L. was born on February 27, 1949 in Derbyshire, England. Naturalized, United States.
Pimm was born in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. He was educated at the University of Oxford and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology from New Mexico State University in 1974.
Assistant professor Clemson University, South Carolina, 1974—1975, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 1975—1979, associate professor, 1979—1982. Associate professor ecology and evolutionary biology University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1982—1986, professor, 1986—1999. Professor, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation Columbia University, New York City, 1999—2002.
Doris Duke chair of conservation ecology Duke University, North Carolina, since 2002. Visiting professor Griffith University, Queensland, Australia, 1983—1984, Institute for Nonlinear Science, University California, San Diego, 1987, School of Ecosystem Management, University New England, Australia, 1987, Center for Population Biology, Imperial College, Silwood Park, England, 1990, Mammal Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, 1996, Pretoria, 2000. And several others; senior visiting scholar National Research Council, 1995.
Distinguished associate in research Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, since 1997. Extraordinary professor University Pretoria, South Africa, since 2001.
Fellow: American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Julia Killeffer, June 2, 1990. Children: Stephanie, Shana.