Tijs Goldschmidt

Tijs Goldschmidt Paul-Tijs Goldschmidt
Born	30 January 1953 (1953-01-30) (age 58) Amsterdam, Netherlands

Paul-Tijs (Tijs) Goldschmidt (born 30 January 1953 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch writer and evolutionary biologist.

Goldschmidt lived in Tanzania from 1981 to 1986, where he studied cichlids in Lake Victoria as a researcher from Leiden University. He wrote a dissertation on this and published a book called Darwin's Dreampond: Drama on Lake Victoria^[1] (original Dutch title: Darwins hofvijver) in which he intertwines scientific and personal experiences. This book has been translated in, amongst others, English, French, German and Japanese.

References

1. ^ Goldschmidt, Tijs (September 1996). Darwin's Dreampond: Drama on Lake Victoria. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. ISBN 0262071789. 

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Name	Goldschmidt, Tijs
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Date of birth	30 January 1953
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
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