William Ricker
Zoology, Animals, Physiology, Metabolism
Canada's Greatest Fisheries Biologist: Inventor of the Ricker Curve for describing fish population dynamics "Try and arrange that you’re doing something that you’re interested in. There’s quite a bit of routine in research work but I’ve never worked on a project that I wasn’t very interested in." |
- Birthdate
- August 11, 1908
- Birthplace
- Waterdown, Ontario
- Date of Death
- September 8, 2001
- Place of Death
- Nanaimo, British Columbia
- Family Members
- Mother: Rebecca Rouse
- Father: Harry Edwin Ricker
- Spouse: Marion (Caldwell)
- Children: 4 sons
- Grandchildren: 3
- Personality
- Generous, modest, self-effacing, quiet
- Favorite Music
- Bach, e.g. Brandenburg Concertos, Handel, Mozart
- Other Interests
- Plants, birds, geology, insect classification, bass viol, Canadian history, languages, archaeology, trains.
- Title
- Retired Chief Scientist, Fisheries Board of Canada
- Office
- Nanaimo Biological Station, Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Status
- Deceased
- Degrees
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- BA, University of Toronto, Ontario, 1930
- MA, University of Toronto, Ontario, 1931
- PhD, University of Toronto, Ontario, 1936
- Awards
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- Eminent Ecologist, Ecological Society of America, 1990
- Order of Canada, 1986
- Fry Medal, Canadian Society of Zoologists 1983
- Flavelle Medal, Royal Society of Canada, 1970
- Award of Excellence, American Fisheries Society, 1969
- Gold Medal, Professional Institute of Public Service of Canada, 1966
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 1956
- Mentor
Professors Dymond, Walker, Coventry and Harkness, University of Toronto; W. A. Clemens and R. E. Foerster, Pacific Biological Station; F.I. Baranov’s for his 1918 Monograph about fish, R. A. Fisher for his book The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection.
- Last Updated
- August 21, 2006
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