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==Biography== Brian Goodwin was born in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada in 1931. He studied biology at [[McGill University]] and then emigrated to the [[United Kingdom|UK]], under a [[Rhodes Scholarship]] for studying mathematics at Oxford. He got his PhD at the [[University of Edinburgh]] presenting the thesis ''"Studies in the general theory of development and evolution"''<ref>{{Cite thesis|last=Goodwin|first=Brian C.|date=1961|title=Studies in the general theory of development and evolution|url=https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/12041|language=en|publisher=University of Edinburgh}}</ref> under the supervision of [[Conrad Hal Waddington]]. He then moved to [[Sussex University]] until 1983 when he became a full [[professor]] at the [[Open University]] in [[Milton Keynes]] until retirement in 1992. He became a major figure in the early development of [[mathematical biology]], along with other researchers. He was one of the attendants to the famous meetings that took place between 1965 and 1968 in Villa Serbelloni, hosted by the [[Rockefeller Foundation]], under the topic "Towards a theoretical Biology". <!--The workshop involved, among other key scientists, [[Conrad Waddington]], [[Jack Cowan]], [[Michael Conrad]], Jim Burns, [[Christopher Zeeman]], [[Richard Lewontin]], [[Robert Rosen (theoretical biologist)|Robert Rosen]], [[Stuart Kauffman]], [[John Maynard Smith]], [[RenΓ© Thom]] and [[Lewis Wolpert]]. As a result of the conference talks and discussions, a four-volume proceedings of the event came out, becoming at the time a major reference in the area.--> Thereafter, he taught at the [[Schumacher College]] in [[Devon]], [[United Kingdom|UK]], where he was instrumental in starting the college's MSc in Holistic Science. He was made a Founding Fellow of Schumacher College shortly before his death. Goodwin also had a research position at [[MIT]] and was a long time visitor of several institutions including the [[UNAM]] in Mexico City. He was a founding member of the [[Santa Fe Institute]] in [[New Mexico]] where he also served as a member of the science board for several years.<ref>[http://www.anthropress.org/author.html?au=2084 Brian Goodwin] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904035038/http://www.anthropress.org/author.html?au=2084 |date=4 September 2011 }}, SteinerBooks</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/brian-goodwin-hugely-influential-and-insightful-biologist-philosopher-and-writer-1765240.html Brian Goodwin Obituary - ''The Independent'', 31 July 2009].</ref> Brian Goodwin died in hospital in 2009, after surgery resulting from a fall from his bicycle.<ref>[http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/news/professor-brian-goodwin Professor Brian Goodwin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913102117/http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/news/professor-brian-goodwin |date=13 September 2009 }}, Schumacher College</ref> Goodwin is survived by his third wife, Christel, and his daughter, Lynn.
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