Michael J. D. White
Michael James Denham White FRS was a zoologist and cytologist.
White grew up in Tuscany, Italy, where he was home-schooled, before beginning undergraduate studies at University College London from 1927. He later held the posts of Reader in Zoology at UCL, Professor of Zoology at the University of Texas, Professor of Zoology and Professor of Genetics at the University of Melbourne, Australia, before ending his academic career at the Australian National University. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1961, and won the Linnaean Medal of the Linnaean Society of London in 1983.
White made important contributions to the development of cytology and cytogenetics. His work was influential in the study of speciation in biology.Books
- White M.J.D. and Webb G.C. Blattodea, Mantodea, Isoptera, Grylloblattodea, Phasmatodea, Dermaptera, and Embioptera. Borntraeger.
- White M.J.D.. Genetic mechanisms of speciation in insects. Symposia at the XIVth International Congress of Entomology, Canberra, Australia, 22–30 August 1972. Australian Academy of Science, Australian Entomological Society. Reidel.
