Proper noun
Mayr (plural Mayrs)
A surname.
A reply to Ernst Mayr (1974), intended as an internationally accessible reply to the criticism Ernst Mayr had made of Hennig's phylogenetic systematics. Source: Internet
Although he did not come from a musical background, at an early age he was taken under the wing of composer Simon Mayr Allitt 1991, p. 9 who had enrolled him by means of a full scholarship in a school which he had set up. Source: Internet
After Mayr was appointed at the American Museum of Natural History, he influenced American ornithological research by mentoring young birdwatchers. Source: Internet
Ashbrook 1982, pp. 9–11 However, in spite of all this, Mayr not only persuaded Gaetano's parents to allow him to continue studies, but also secured funding from the Congregazione di Carità in Bergamo for two years of scholarships. Source: Internet
Captain Mayr ordered Hitler, then an army lance corporal, to infiltrate the tiny Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, abbreviated DAP ( German Workers' Party ). Source: Internet
Although some of the basic workings of the theory were proposed and identified by Mayr in 1954, historians of science generally recognize the 1972 paper by Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould as the foundation of the new paleobiological research program. Source: Internet