| LC control no. | n 79056763 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (Luigi Luca), 1922-2018 |
| Variant(s) | Cavalli-Sforza, Luca, 1922-2018 Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi Luca, 1922-2018 Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi Luca, 1922- Sforza, L. L. Cavalli- (Luigi Luca Cavalli-), 1922-2018 Cavalli, Luigi Luca, 1922-2018 |
| Birth date | 1922-01-25 |
| Death date | 2018-08-31 |
| Place of birth | Genoa (Italy) |
| Place of death | Belluno (Italy) |
| Field of activity | Human population genetics Human evolution Human genome |
| Affiliation | Stanford University Università di Pavia Università di Parma University of Cambridge Human Genome Diversity Project |
| Profession or occupation | Geneticists College teachers |
| Found in | Italy. Istituto centrale di statistica. Indagine speciale su alcune caratteristiche genetiche della popolazione. Ammerman, A.J. The neolithic transition and the genetics of populations in Europe, c1985: CIP t.p. (L.L. Cavalli-Sforza) NLM files, 9/28/87 (hdg.: Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (Luigi Luca), 1922-; usage: L.L. Cavalli-Sforza) His Chi siamo, 1993: t.p. (Luca Cavalli-Sforza) jkt. (b. Genoa 1922; professor of genetics at Stanford; graduated in medicine at Pavia, and has previously taught at Pavia and Parma) Information from 678 converted Dec. 18, 2014 (direttore dell'Istituto di genetica dell'Univ. di Parma) TheScientist WWW site, viewed Sept. 7, 2018 (in obituary dated Sept. 6: Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza; b. Jan. 25, 1922, Genoa; d. Aug. 31, Belluno, aged 96; population geneticist; known for his work on the gene-culture theory of human evolution and the Human Genome Diversity Project; graduated with a medical degree from the University of Pavia in 1944; moved in 1948 to the University of Cambridge as an assistant professor to work on bacterial genetic variation and statistics; between 1951 and 1970, taught courses at the University of Parma and in Pavia before taking up a professorship at Stanford University from 1970 to 1992) New York times WWW site, viewed Sept. 19, 2018 (Luigi Cavalli-Sforza; b. Luigi Luca Cavalli, Jan. 25, 1922, Genoa; added Sforza to his surname as an adult after his father had died, taking it from his maternal step-grandfather, who had adopted him; d. Aug. 31, Belluno, aged 96) |
| Associated language | eng ita |
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