3 Quotes & Sayings By R Chetwyndhayes

R. Chetwynd-Hayes has dedicated his working life to the study of the natural world. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), an Honorary Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, and an Honorary Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. He has received numerous international awards, including Australia's inaugural Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 2003, Italy's highest honor for achievement in science, culture, or art (Premio della Republica Italiana per l'Arte e la Scienza - PRISA) in 2004, the Speyer Medal from the European Academy of Sciences (EURAS), and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Swarthmore College in 2007 Read more

He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009.

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I mean to say, we all sprang from humble origins. Goodness gracious, who would have thought that a species of monkey would take over the kingdom of the world. … I cannot help but feel that the monkey was not a good choice. Surely one of the cat family would have been much more satisfactory. They have a much less emotional approach to life. ("The Shadmock") R. ChetwyndHayes
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As I said earlier it is most surprising that the kingdom of then world should have come under the sway of a species of monkey, and there is reason to suppose that there were other claimants to the throne. ("The Shadmock") R. ChetwyndHayes