doctoral_advisor birth_place image_size nationality workplaces field birth_date known_for prizes article_title name alma_mater
harry blackmore whittington carshalton , surrey , england 180px united kingdom university of cambridge paleontology 06 november 1951 burgess shale fossils cambrian explosion walcott 1989 -rrb- honorary doctorate uppsala university -lrb- 1993 -rrb- lyell medal medal -lrb- 1998 -rrb- trotter prize -lrb- 2007 -rrb- william -lrb- bate hardy prize -lrb- 2010 -rrb- 1987 -rrb- charles schuchert award -lrb- simon conway morris
 simon conway morris university of cambridge -lrb- ph.d. , 1976 -rrb- of bristol -lrb- bsc , 1972 -rrb- university
simon conway morris

simon conway morris frs -lrb- born 6 november 1951 ; note that his surname is `` conway morris '' -rrb- is an english palaeontologist who is best known for his detailed and careful study of the fossils of the burgess shale , and of the scientific concept of cambrian explosion .
the results of these discoveries were celebrated in `` wonderful life '' by stephen jay gould .
conway morris 's own book on the subject , `` the crucible of creation '' , however , is critical of gould 's presentation and interpretation .
conway morris , who is a christian , is most popularly known for his theistic views of biological evolution .
he has held the chair of evolutionary palaeobiology in the earth sciences department at cambridge university since 1995 .
