Simon Conway Morris
| Simon Conway Morris | |
|---|---|
| Born |
6 November 1951 Carshalton, Surrey, England |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Fields | Paleontology |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Alma mater |
University of Bristol (BSc, 1972) University of Cambridge (Ph.D., 1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harry Blackmore Whittington |
| Known for |
Burgess Shale fossils Cambrian explosion |
| Notable awards |
Walcott Medal (1987) Charles Schuchert Award (1989) Honorary doctorate Uppsala University(1993) Lyell Medal (1998) Trotter Prize (2007) William Bate Hardy Prize (2010) |
Simon Conway Morris FRS (born 6 November 1951; note that his surname is "Conway Morris") is an English palaeontologist who is best known for his detailed and careful study of the fossils of the Burgess Shale, and for the scientific concept of Cambrian explosion. The results of these discoveries were celebrated in Wonderful Life (1989) by Stephen Jay Gould. Conway Morris's own book on the subject, The Crucible of Creation (1998), however, is critical of Gould's presentation and interpretation.
Conway Morris, who is a Christian, is most popularly known for his militantly theistic views of biological evolution. He has held the Chair of Evolutionary Palaeobiology in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge since 1995.
A native of Carshalton, Surrey, Conway Morris was brought up in London, England. and went on to study geology at Bristol University, achieving a First Class Honours degree. He then moved to Cambridge University and completed a PhD under Harry Blackmore Whittington. He is professor of evolutionary palaeobiology in the Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge. He is renowned for his insights into early evolution and his studies of paleobiology. He gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture in 1996 on the subject of The History in our Bones. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society at age 39, was awarded the Walcott Medal of the National Academy of Sciences in 1987 and the Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1998.
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