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Jonathan K. Pritchard

b. 1971

British geneticist

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About Jonathan K. Pritchard

Born 1971. Jonathan K. Pritchard is a biologist, geneticist, academic and university teacher.

Education Pritchard's family moved to the US when he was a teenager. He studied biology and mathematics at Pennsylvania State University, and then went on to graduate studies in biology at Stanford University under the supervision of Marc Feldman, finishing in 1998.

Awards and honours Pritchard was a recipient of the 2013 Edward Novitski Prize from the Genetics Society of America and the 2002 Mitchell Prize from the International Society for Bayesian Analysis.

Personal life Pritchard ran track and cross country for Pennsylvania State University from 1989 to 1994. In part because of his running experience, he appeared in the 1998 movie Without Limits portraying David Bedford, an English distance runner who participated in the 1972 Munich Olympics. As a result of his appearance in Without Limits and his publication of ″Population Growth of Human Y Chromosomes: A study of Y Chromosome Microsatellites″ with Marcus Feldman, he has an Erdős–Bacon number of 6.

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Important facts

Born
1971, Essex
Birth century
20th century
Occupation
Biologist, geneticist, academic, university teacher
Education
Stanford University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Chicago, University of Oxford
Employers
University of Chicago, Stanford University
Awards
Edward Novitski Prize; Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering; Kistler Prize; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Mitchell Prize
Also known as
Jonathan K Pritchard, Jonathan Pritchard, Jonathan Karl Pritchard

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jonathan K. Pritchard?

British geneticist

When was Jonathan K. Pritchard born?

Jonathan K. Pritchard was born in 1971 in Essex.

What is Jonathan K. Pritchard's occupation?

Jonathan K. Pritchard is a biologist, geneticist, academic and university teacher.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jonathan K. Pritchard

· Wikidata: Q6273523

· DBpedia: Jonathan K. Pritchard

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