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Simon Conway Morris

British palaeontologist (born 1951)
Person human Q286098

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20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[26]
Date of birth
November 6, 1951, November 1951[8]
Place of birth
Carshalton
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[9]
Occupation
paleontologist, researcher, biologist, evolutionary biologist, paleobotanist, paleobiologist, geologist[10][11]
Employer
The Open University[13]
Field of work
paleobiology[12]
Educated at
University of Bristol, University of Cambridge, King's College School[14][15][16]
Religion or worldview
Christianity[25]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society, Lyell Medal, William Bate Hardy Prize, Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal, Charles Schuchert Award[18][19][20][21][22]
Doctoral advisor
Harry B. Whittington[17]
Doctoral student
Graham E. Budd[27]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[31]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[33]
Described by source
V2 archive[30]
Family name
Conway Morris[28]
Given name
Simon[29]
Member of
International Society for Science and Religion, Royal Society[23][24]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NADD Wikidata project[32]
🏷️ Also known as
en Conway Morris en Simon Conway Morris ar سيمون كونواي موريس cs Simon Conway Morris cs S. Conway Morris de S. Conway Morris fa سیمون کانوی موریس fr S. Conway Morris he סיימון קונווי מוריס ja サイモン･C･モリス ja サイモン・コンウェイ=モリス ja サイモン・コンウェイ・モリス ru Конвей-Моррис, Саймон ru Саймон Ковей-Моррис ru Саймон Конуэй-Моррис ru С. Конвей-Моррис ru С. Конуэй-Моррис zh 西蒙· 康威· 莫里斯
🔖 Identifiers · 46
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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Academic Tree ID
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BBC Things ID
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BIBSYS ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Botanist author abbreviation
Conw. Morris
CiNii Research ID
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Companies House officer ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
129430471
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Described at URL
v2.nl
Fellow of the Royal Society ID
11258
Freebase ID
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IFPNI author ID
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IdRef ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NLP ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
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NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
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National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Virtual Library of India ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Notable Names Database ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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SBN author ID
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SELIBR ID
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Scopus author ID
55663688900
Semantic Scholar author ID
35131156
Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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ZooBank author ID
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Award received 5
Fellow of the Royal Society, Lyell Medal, Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal, Charles Schuchert Award, William Bate Hardy Prize
Occupation 5
biologist, researcher, paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, paleobiologist
Educated at 2
University of Cambridge, University of Bristol
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Doctoral advisor 1
Harry B. Whittington
Doctoral advisors 1
Harry B. Whittington
Doctoral student 1
Graham E. Budd
Doctoral students 1
Graham E. Budd
Employer 1
The Open University
Field of work 1
paleobiology
Given name 1
Simon
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Royal Society
Religion or worldview 1
Christianity
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Simon Conway Morris was born on November 6, 1951[1], in Carshalton[2]. He has worked as a paleontologist[3], researcher[4], biologist[5], evolutionary biologist[6], and paleobotanist[7].

Why It Matters

Simon Conway Morris's notable doctoral advisees include Graham E. Budd[34], a paleontologist[35], b. 1968[36], of United Kingdom[37], awarded the Hodson Award[38].

FAQs

Where was Simon Conway Morris born?

Simon Conway Morris's place of birth was Carshalton[2].

What did Simon Conway Morris do for work?

Simon Conway Morris worked as a paleontologist[3], researcher[4], biologist[5], evolutionary biologist[6], and paleobotanist[7].

Where did Simon Conway Morris go to school?

Simon Conway Morris was educated at University of Bristol[14], University of Cambridge[15], and King's College School[16].

What awards did Simon Conway Morris receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society[18], Lyell Medal[19], William Bate Hardy Prize[20], and Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal[21].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Companies House. Retrieved . v2.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . v2.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . International Fossil Plant Names Index. wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . nasonline.org. nasonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . issr.org.uk. issr.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . Directory of Fellows of the Royal Society. wikidata.org.
  26. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [8] ↑ . Companies House. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Companies House. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . v2.nl. Retrieved . v2.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . v2.nl. Retrieved . v2.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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