page_title: Jesper Hoffmeyer
hierarchical_section_title: Jesper Hoffmeyer
caption_attribution_description: English: picture of the danish professor Jesper Hoffmeyer
context_page_description: Jesper Hoffmeyer was a professor at the University of Copenhagen Institute of Biology. He was the President of the International Society for Biosemiotic Studies from 2005 to 2015, co-editor of the journal Biosemiotics and the Springer Book series in Biosemiotics.
  He authored the books Biosemiotics: An Examination into the Signs of Life and the Life of Signs and Signs of Meaning in the Universe and edited A Legacy for Living Systems: Gregory Bateson as Precursor to Biosemiotics.
  Hoffmeyer died on 25 September 2019 of a heart attack at the age of 77.
context_section_description: Jesper Hoffmeyer (21 February 1942 – 25 September 2019) was a professor at the University of Copenhagen Institute of Biology. He was the President of the International Society for Biosemiotic Studies (ISBS) from 2005 to 2015, co-editor of the journal Biosemiotics and the Springer Book series in Biosemiotics.
  He authored the books Biosemiotics: An Examination into the Signs of Life and the Life of Signs and Signs of Meaning in the Universe and edited A Legacy for Living Systems: Gregory Bateson as Precursor to Biosemiotics.
  Hoffmeyer died on 25 September 2019 of a heart attack at the age of 77.
caption: Jesper Hoffmeyer, 2010.
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