Richard Swann Lull
Richard Swann Lull | |
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Portrait by William Sergeant Kendall | |
| Born | November 6, 1867 Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | April 22, 1957 (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | Rutgers College Columbia University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontology |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Agricultural College Yale University |
| Doctoral advisor | Henry Fairfield Osborn |
| Notable students | George Gaylord Simpson |
Richard Swann Lull (November 6, 1867 – April 22, 1957) was an American paleontologist and Sterling Professor at Yale University who is largely remembered for championing a non-Darwinian view of evolution, whereby mutation(s) could unlock presumed "genetic drives" that, over time, would lead populations to increasingly extreme phenotypes (and perhaps, ultimately, to extinction).