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'''Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky''' ({{lang-ru|Феодо́сий Григо́рьевич Добржа́нский}}; {{lang-uk|Теодо́сій Григо́рович Добржа́нський}}; January 25, 1900 – December 18, 1975) was a prominent Russian and American [[geneticist]] and [[evolutionary biologist]]. He was a central figure in the field of [[evolutionary biology]] for his work in shaping the [[Modern synthesis (20th century)|modern synthesis]].<ref name=formemrs>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ford | first1 = E. B. | author-link = E. B. Ford| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1977.0004 | title = Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky. 25 January 1900 -- 18 December 1975 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ]]| volume = 23 | pages = 58–89| year = 1977 | pmid = 11615738| doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name=Ayala>{{cite journal|last=Ayala|first=Francisco J.|author-link=Francisco J. Ayala|year=1985|journal=Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences|volume=55|title=Theodosius Dobzhansky |url= http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/dobzhansky-theodosius.pdf |pages=163–213}}</ref> Born in the [[Russian Empire]], Dobzhansky emigrated to the [[United States]] in 1927, aged 27.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky : essays on his life and thought in RussiaUkraine and America |editor-last=Adams |editor-first=M. |year=1994 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, N.J. |isbn=978-0-691-03479-9}}</ref>