William J. Ripple [SEP] educated at
William J. Ripple
William J. Ripple is a Distinguished Professor of Ecology at Oregon State University in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society. He is a widely published researcher and a prominent figure in the field of ecology. He is best known for his research on terrestrial trophic cascades, particularly the role of the gray wolf ("Canis lupus") in North America as an apex predator and a keystone species that shapes food webs and landscape structures via “top-down” pressures.
Ripple heads the Trophic Cascades Program
eighteenth century.
His father was Commander John Tracey William French, RN, of Ripple Vale in Kent (born 1808, died 1854), who had fought at Navarino and under Napier in support of Dom Pedro in the Portuguese Civil War. His mother was Margaret Eccles from Glasgow, who, after suffering a breakdown after her husband's death, was eventually institutionalised after being diagnosed as insane. She died in 1867, leaving French to be brought up by his sisters. He was educated at a Harrow preparatory school and