Peter Sneath
Peter H. A. Sneath | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 November 1923[1] |
| Died | 9 September 2011 (aged 87) |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | numerical taxonomy |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | microbiology |
| Institutions | University of Leicester |
| Thesis | The bacterial genus Chromobacterium (1959) |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Sneath |
Peter Henry Andrews Sneath FRS,[1] MD (17 November 1923 – September 9, 2011) was a British microbiologist who co-founded the field of numerical taxonomy, together with Robert R. Sokal. Sneath and Sokal wrote Principles of Numerical Taxonomy,[2] revised in 1973 as Numerical Taxonomy.[3] Sneath reviewed the state of numerical taxonomy in 1995[4] and wrote some autobiographical notes in 2010.[5]
A special issue of the journal Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, on microbial systematics, is dedicated to the memory of Peter Sneath.[6]
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