Bernard Kettlewell

Dr Henry Bernard Davis Kettlewell (24 February 1907 - 1979) was a British lepidopterist and medical doctor.

He was educated at Charterhouse School.

Kettlewell famously did experiments on the peppered moth.

He died from a drugs overdose in 1979. Though recorded as accidental, it has been suggested that it was suicide.

Peppered moth
Ecology | Genetics | Evolution | Taxonomy
Researchers | Predation experiments
Bernard Kettlewell The Evolution of Melanism
Mike Majerus Melanism: Evolution in Action
Laurence Cook | Cyril Clarke | Bruce Grant | E.B. Ford | Philip Sheppard J.W. Tutt
Alternative theories:
Craig Millar | Ted Sargent | ... Lambert
Creationism
Jonathan Wells Icons of Evolution
Judith Hooper Of Moths and Men
References