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Richard Swann Lull
Richard Swann Lull (November 6, 1867 – April 22, 1957) was an American paleontologist and Sterling Professor at Yale University who is largely remembered now for championing a non-Darwinian view of evolution, whereby mutation(s) could unlock presumed "genetic drives" that, over time, would lead populations to increasingly extreme phenotypes (and perhaps, ultimately, to extinction).
Life.
Lull was born in Annapolis, Maryland, the son of naval officer Edward Phelps Lull and Elizabeth Burton, daughter
Lullus (c.710–786), English bishop, also referred to as Lull or Lul
- Edward P. Lull, Commander of Alaska, USA, in 1881
- Richard Swann Lull (1867–1957), American palaeontologist
- Timothy Lull (1943–2003), American Lutheran minister and scholar
- Ramon Llull, philosopher
- Arthur de Lull (or de Lulli), pseudonym of Euphemia Allen
- Other
- Lull, a brand of reach forklift built by JLG Industries
- Lull, the time of year named from