Peter J. Bowler

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This page is about the historian of science. For the Australian lexicographer, see Peter Bowler.

for the English environmental campaigner and country diarist, see Pete Bowler.

Peter J. Bowler is a historian of biology who has written extensively on the history of evolutionary thought and on the history of genetics. His 1984 book, Evolution: The History of an Idea is a standard textbook on the history of evolution, and was substantially revised in 2003. He is currently a professor in the history and philosophy of science at Queen's University Belfast, and is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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