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Bernard Kettlewell - Definition and Overview

Dr Henry Bernard Davis Kettlewell (24 February 1907 - 1979) was a British lepidopterist and medical doctor.

He was educated at Charterhouse School.

Kettlewell famously did experiments on the peppered moth.

He died from a drugs overdose in 1979. Though recorded as accidental, it has been suggested that it was suicide.

Peppered moth

Ecology | Genetics | Evolution | Taxonomy | Predation experiments
Researchers: Bernard Kettlewell (The Evolution of Melanism) | Mike Majerus (Melanism: Evolution in Action) | Laurence Cook | Cyril Clarke | Bruce Grant | E.B. Ford | Philip Sheppard J.W. Tutt
Alternative theories: Craig Millar | Ted Sargent
Creationism: Jonathan Wells (Icons of Evolution) | Judith Hooper (Of Moths and Men)
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