Who is called the Darwin of the 20th century?

The correct answer is Ernst Mayr.

Key Points

• Ernst Mayr established evolutionary biology as a separate field of research in the United States which earned him the name “Darwin of the 20th century.”
• Ernst Mayr from Germany helped to define the modern synthesis of evolutionary theory.

Additional Information

• Har Gobind Khorana and Marshall Warren Nirenberg were Biochemists who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1968 for decoding the genetic material of DNA.
• Katherine Esau was a German-American botanist who received the National Medal of Science for her work on plant anatomy.