Wilfred Eade Agar (27 April 1882 – 14 July 1951) was an Anglo-Australian zoologist. Agar was born in Wimbledon, England. He was educated at Sedbergh School, Yorkshire, and at King's College, Cambridge, where he read zoology. He served at Gallipoli in World War I. In 1919, he accepted the chair of zoology at the University of Melbourne; his notable projects concerned marsupial chromosomes and inheritance in cattle.

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  • Wilfred Eade Agar (27 April 1882 – 14 July 1951) was an Anglo-Australian zoologist. Agar was born in Wimbledon, England. He was educated at Sedbergh School, Yorkshire, and at King's College, Cambridge, where he read zoology. He served at Gallipoli in World War I. In 1919, he accepted the chair of zoology at the University of Melbourne; his notable projects concerned marsupial chromosomes and inheritance in cattle. He successfully challenged the Lamarckian findings of William McDougall relating to the inheritance of the effects of training in rats. Agar was awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1944.
  • Wilfred Eade Agar est un zoologiste australien d’origine britannique, né le 27 avril 1882 à Wimbledon et mort le 14 juillet 1951. Il fait ses études à la Sedbergh School du Yorkshire et au King's College de Londres. Durant la Première Guerre mondiale, il sert à Gallipoli. En 1919, il reçoit la chaire de zoologie de l’université de Melbourne où il travaille sur les chromosomes des marsupiaux et l’hérédité dans le bétail. Il contredit les résultats des expériences de William McDougall (1871-1938) destinées à prouver le lamarckisme par l’héritage chez les rats d’apprentissage. Il devient membre de la Royal Society le 12 mai 1921. Agar reçoit la médaille Clarke de la Royal Society of New South Wales en 1944.
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  • Wilfred Eade Agar (27 April 1882 – 14 July 1951) was an Anglo-Australian zoologist. Agar was born in Wimbledon, England. He was educated at Sedbergh School, Yorkshire, and at King's College, Cambridge, where he read zoology. He served at Gallipoli in World War I. In 1919, he accepted the chair of zoology at the University of Melbourne; his notable projects concerned marsupial chromosomes and inheritance in cattle.
  • Wilfred Eade Agar est un zoologiste australien d’origine britannique, né le 27 avril 1882 à Wimbledon et mort le 14 juillet 1951. Il fait ses études à la Sedbergh School du Yorkshire et au King's College de Londres. Durant la Première Guerre mondiale, il sert à Gallipoli. En 1919, il reçoit la chaire de zoologie de l’université de Melbourne où il travaille sur les chromosomes des marsupiaux et l’hérédité dans le bétail.
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