Graham Bell (biologist)

Graham Arthur Charlton Bell FRS FRSC[1][2] (born

3 March 1949) is a British academic, writer, and Graham Bell
FRS FRSC
evolutionary biologist with interests in the evolution of
sexual reproduction and the maintenance of variation.
He developed the "tangled bank" theory of
evolutionary genetics after observing the asexual and
sexual behaviour patterns of aphids as well as
monogonont rotifers.[3]

Early life and education

Bell was born on 3 March 1949 in Leicester, England,
to Arthur Charlton Bell and Edna May Bell
(née Charlton). He was educated at Wyggeston
Grammar School for Boys and St Peter's College,
Oxford, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts
Bell in 2016
degree in 1970 followed by a Doctor of Philosophy
degree in animal ecology in 1973 for research on Born 3 March 1949
smooth newts.[4][5][6] Leicester, England
Education Wyggeston Grammar School for
Boys
Career and research Alma mater St Peter's College, Oxford
Spouse Susan Rosinger ​(m. 1971)​
Bell emigrated to Canada in 1975 where he worked as
a biologist for the Alberta Civil Service until 1976. In Children 3
1976, he joined the faculty of McGill University as a Awards Léo-Pariseau Prize (2002)
temporary lecturer. He was appointed a Professor in Prix Marie-Victorin (2004)
1989. In 1992, he was appointed Molson Chair of
Flavelle Medal (2022)
Genetics. He was Director of the Redpath Museum
from 1995 to 2005.[7] Scientific career
Fields Evolutionary biology
He is the author of The Masterpiece of Nature[8] which
Institutions McGill University
was described by Richard Dawkins as a 'beautifully
written tour de force',[9] Sex and Death in Protozoa: Redpath Museum

The History of Obsession[10] and Selection: The Thesis The life of the smooth newt
Mechanism of Evolution first published in 1996 with a (Triturus vulgaris (Linn)) (http://sol
second edition in 2008.[11] His other books include The o.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/OXVU1:LSC
Evolution of Life[12] and The Basics of Selection.[13] OP_OX:oxfaleph01321167
5) (1973)
Bell was a co-founder and founding President of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution.[14]

Honours and awards

Bell was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1994.[15] He was awarded the Léo-Pariseau
Prize in 2002 and the Prix Marie-Victorin in 2004.[16] He was elected President of the Royal Society of
Canada in 2013,[2] and became a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2014.[17] He
was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 2016.[1] In 2022 he received the Flavelle Medal.[18]

Personal life
Bell married Susan Eva Rosinger in 1971. They have three sons.[4]

References
1. Anon (2016). "Professor Graham Bell FRS" (https://web.archive.org/web/20160923140508/
https://royalsociety.org/people/graham-bell-12846/). London: royalsociety.org. Archived from
the original (https://royalsociety.org/people/graham-bell-12846) on 23 September 2016. One
or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website
where:

All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is
available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License." --"Royal
Society Terms, conditions and policies" (https://web.archive.org/web/20150925220
834/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/). Archived from the
original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

2. "PRESIDENT-ELECT DR. GRAHAM BELL" (http://rsc-src.ca/en/about-us/our-people/our-pri

orities/president-elect-dr-graham-bell). sc-src.ca.
3. Graham Bell (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=55544241700) publications
indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
4. "Bell, Prof. Graham Arthur Charlton" (https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whos
who/U287264). Who's Who. A & C Black. 2022.
doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U287264 (https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fww%2F9780199
540884.013.U287264). (Subscription or UK public library membership (https://www.ukwhoswho.
com/page/subscribe#public) required.)
5. Arthur Charlton Bell, Graham (1973). The life of the smooth newt (Triturus vulgaris (Linn)) (h
ttp://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/OXVU1:LSCOP_OX:oxfaleph013211675) (DPhil thesis).
University of Oxford. OCLC 43160959 (https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/43160959).
6. Bell, Graham (1977). "The Life of the Smooth Newt (Triturus vulgaris) after Metamorphosis".
Ecological Monographs. 47 (3): 279–299. doi:10.2307/1942518 (https://doi.org/10.2307%2F
1942518). JSTOR 1942518 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/1942518).
7. "Directors of the Past and Present" (https://web.archive.org/web/20080129042900/http://ww
w.mcgill.ca/redpath/welcome/directors/). Redpath Museum. Archived from the original (http
s://www.mcgill.ca/redpath/welcome/directors/) on 29 January 2008.
 8. Graham Arthur Charlton Bell (1982) The Masterpiece of Nature: the Evolution and Genetics
of Sexuality. Croom Helm, London; University of California Press, Berkeley.
9. Richard Dawkins (2004) The Ancestor's Tale, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, p. 358
10. Graham Arthur Charlton Bell (1989) Sex and Death in Protozoa: the History of an
Obsession. Cambridge University Press
11. Graham Arthur Charlton Bell (2008) Selection: the Mechanism of Evolution, second edition.
Oxford University Press.
12. Graham Arthur Charlton Bell (2015) The Evolution of Life. Oxford University Press.
13. Graham Arthur Charlton Bell (1996) The Basics of Selection. Chapman & Hall, New York
and London.
14. <url=https://csee-scee.ca>. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
15. "Search Fellows | The Royal Society of Canada" (https://web.archive.org/web/20180131023
212/https://rsc-src.ca/en/search-fellows?keywords_44=&first_name=graham&last_name=be
ll&display_name=&election_year_21=&academy_25=All&division_24=All&discipline_23=All
&is_deceased=0&sort_by=last_name&sort_order=ASC). rsc-src.ca. Archived from the
original (https://rsc-src.ca/en/search-fellows?keywords_44=&first_name=graham&last_nam
e=bell&display_name=&election_year_21=&academy_25=All&division_24=All&discipline_2
3=All&is_deceased=0&sort_by=last_name&sort_order=ASC) on 31 January 2018.
Retrieved 30 January 2018.
16. "Prix Marie-Victorin 2004" (http://www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/prix-qc/desclaureat.php?noL
aureat=306). Les Prix du Québec (in French). 8 November 2004.
17. "Graham A.C. Bell elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences : McGill Reporter"
(https://web.archive.org/web/20180131023649/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2014/04/
graham-a-c-bell-elected-to-the-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/).
publications.mcgill.ca. Archived from the original (http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2014/
04/graham-a-c-bell-elected-to-the-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/) on 31 January
2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
18. "Three McGill Professors Receive Royal Society of Canada Medals - AcademicGates" (http
s://www.academicgates.com/news/story/three-mcgill-professors-receive-royal-society-of-can
ada-medals/14464).

External links
Faculty page (http://biology.mcgill.ca/faculty/bell/background.html) Archived (https://web.arc
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2019 at the Wayback Machine

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