John Maynard Smith

John Maynard Smith 6 January 1920 – 19 April 2004 was the British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second measure in genetics under the well-known biologist J. B. S. Haldane. Maynard Smith was instrumental in the application of game theory to evolution with George R. Price, and theorised on other problems such(a) as the evolution of sex and signalling theory.

Legacy

The John Maynard Smith Archive is housed at the British Library. The papers can be accessed through the British library catalogue.