STEVE MILLOY: The Real Population Bomb
Population control advocate Paul Ehrlich passed away March 13 at age 93, marking the end of an astonishing career built on unapologetic error. Ehrlich was a butterfly researcher at Stanford University in the 1960s when…
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About Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul Ralph Ehrlich was an American biologist, author, and environmentalist known for his predictions and warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and resource depletion. Ehrlich was the Bing Professor of Population Studies of the Department of Biology of Stanford University. He started working at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve in 1959. He along with many other biology professors, led the efforts for Stanford University to designate and protect Jasper Ridge in 1973 as a biological preserve and as a long-term research facility for faculty and students.
Everything about Paul R. Ehrlich →- Occupation
- demographer, biologist, university teacher, environmentalist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 29, 1932
- Died
- March 13, 2026
- Website
- https://profiles.stanford.edu/paul-ehrlich