Background
Leigh, Egbert Giles was born on July 27, 1940 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Egbert Giles and Lucinda Lee (Kinsolving) Leigh.
Leigh, Egbert Giles was born on July 27, 1940 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Egbert Giles and Lucinda Lee (Kinsolving) Leigh.
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, Princeton University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Yale University, 1966.
Acting instructor, Stanford (California) U., 1966; assistant professor biology, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1966-1972; biologist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama, since 1969.
(Book by Egbert Giles Leigh, Jr.)
Member American Society Naturalists, Paleontological Research Institute, Ecological Society American, British Ecological Society.
Married Elizabeth Murray Hodgson, March 21, 1968. Children: John Murray, Mary Bruce.