Jan Sapp

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jan Sapp
Occupation	Historian
Date Of Birth	Jun 12, 1954(1954-06-12)
Age	70
Birthplace	Halifax
Country	Canada
Birth City	Nova Scotia
Horoscope	Gemini

Jan Sapp Biography

Jan Sapp is one of the most popular and richest Historian who was born on June 12, 1954 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Sapp was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He completed his BSc hons (Biology) at Dalhousie University in 1976 before earning his MSc and Phd at the Institut d’histoire et de sociopolitique des sciences, at l’Université de Montréal in

1984. He subsequently held an appointment at the University of Melbourne for eight years, where he also served as chair of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. He was Andrew Mellon Fellow at the Rockefeller University, 1991–92. He held the Canada Research Chair (tier 1) in the History of the Biological Sciences at l’Université du Québec à Montréal from 2001-2003 before returning to York University where he has been a professor since 1992.

Sapp’s book Evolution by Association (1994) is the first book to document the history of symbiosis in depth. It was described in a review as a “fine piece of scholarship”. He subsequently introduced the terms “symbiome” and “symbiomics” to biology in his book Genesis: The Evolution of Biology (2003). He developed this line of historical research beyond classical neoDarwinian biology further in his book on the history of microbial phylogenetics, The New Foundations of Evolution: On the Tree of Life (2009). He is also known for his writing on the coral reef crisis, focusing in detail on the outbreaks of crown of thorns starfish and coral bleaching. His recent book Coexistence: The Ecology and Evolution of Tropical Biology (2016) focuses on the history of tropical biology, and on what he calls the “central enigma” in tropical ecology.

Jan Sapp Net Worth

Jan Sapp is one of the richest Historian from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jan Sapp 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jan Anthony Sapp (born June 12, 1954) is a professor in the Department of Biology, York University, Canada. His writings focus especially on evolutionary biology beyond the classical neoDarwinian framework, and emphasize the fundamental importance of symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer in heredity and evolution.

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Alain Ranked on the list of most popular Historian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Jan Sapp celebrates birthday on June 12 of every year.