Peter Sneath

Peter H. A. Sneath
Born	17 November 1923[1]
Died	9 September 2011 (aged 87)
Nationality	United Kingdom
Fields	microbiology
Institutions	University of Leicester
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Thesis	The bacterial genus Chromobacterium (1959)
Known for	numerical taxonomy
Notable awards	Fellow of the Royal Society[1]

Peter Henry Andrews Sneath FRS,^[1] MD (17 November 1923 – September 9, 2011) was a microbiologist who co-founded the field of numerical taxonomy, together with Robert R. Sokal. Sneath and Sokal wrote Principles of Numerical Taxonomy,^[2] revised in 1973 as Numerical taxonomy.^[3] Sneath reviewed the state of numerical taxonomy in 1995^[4] and wrote some autobiographical notes in 2010.^[5]

A special issue of the journal Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, on microbial systematics, is dedicated to the memory of Peter Sneath.^[6]

References

1. Jones, D.; Grant, W. D. (2013). "Peter Henry Andrews Sneath. 17 November 1923 -- 9 September 2011". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2013.0008.
2. Sneath, Peter H. A.; Sokal, Robert R. (1963). Principles of numerical taxonomy (7 ed.). San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. ISBN 0-7167-0621-0.
3. Sneath, Peter H. A.; Sokal, Robert R. (1973). Numerical taxonomy the principles and practice of numerical classification. San Francisco: Freeman. ISBN 0-7167-0697-0.
4. Sneath, P. H. A. (1995). "Thirty Years of Numerical Taxonomy". Systematic Biology. 44 (3): 281. doi:10.1093/sysbio/44.3.281.
5. Sneath, P. H. A. (2010). "Reflections on prokaryotic systematics" (PDF). The Bulletin of BISMiS. 1 (1): 77–83.
6. "Special Issue on The BISMiS 2011 prokaryotic systematics, a vital discipline entering a period of transition". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 101 (1): 1–2. 2012. doi:10.1007/s10482-011-9674-y.
7. IPNI.  Sneath.

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