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Thorpe, Roger Stephen was born on August 18, 1947 in London. Son of Charles Reuben and Audrey Letitia Thorpe.
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Roger Stephen Thorpe
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Roger Stephen Thorpe, British zoologist, educator. Achievements include research in evolutionary research, primarily on island lizards and venomous snakes, showing rapid evolution, natural selection and the cause of venom evolution. Research grant, North American Electric Reliability Corporation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, 1977—2008. Fellow: Linnean Society London.
Education
Bachelor of Science, University, London, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, City London Polytechnic, 1973. Doctor of Science, University, Aberdeen, 1994.
Career
Lecturer zoology University Aberdeen, Scotland, 1976—1988, reader zoology, 1988—1994. Chair ecology University Wales Bangor, Wales, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow: Linnean Society London.
Connections
Married Jacqueline Anne Laffeaty. Children: Natalie Lorna Hill, Samantha Siobhan, Adrian Stephen.
