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(Robert) McNeill Alexander, CBE, MA, PhD, DSc, FRS (born 7 July 1934, Lisburn, Northern Ireland) is a British Zoologist. ==Biography== Professor Alexander was educated at the University of Cambridge (MA, PhD) and the University of Wales (DSc). After a Lectureship at the then University College of North Wales (now Bangor University) from 1958 to 1969, he was Professor of Zoology at the University of Leeds from 1969 until his retirement in 1999 when the title of Emeritus Professor was conferred upon him.〔(R McNeill Alexander academic homepage at Leeds )〕 Alexander was Secretary of the Zoological Society of London (1992-1999) which included supervising the management of London and Whipsnade Zoos. He was President of the Society for Experimental Biology (1995-1997), President of the International Society of Vertebrate Morphologists (1997-2001) and editor of the prestigious Proceedings of the Royal Society B (1998-2004).〔(International Society of Biomechanics, Newsletter March 2011 )〕 Alexander married Ann Elizabeth Coulton in 1961.〔(''The International Who's Who 2004,'' Europa Publications )〕 Alexander has specialised in research on animal mechanics and apart from the books listed below, he has also published numerous research papers in this field since 1959. He is still an active research scientist and continues to publish papers regularly. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert McNeill Alexander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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