Pierre Dansereau (born October 5, 1911) is a Canadian ecologist and is known as one of the "fathers of ecology".

Born in Outremont on the island of Montreal, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (B.Sc.A.) in 1936 and a PH.d. in Science in 1939 from the University of Geneva. From 1939 until 1942 he worked at the Montreal Botanical Garden. From 1943 until 1950 he taught at the University of Montreal. From 1950 until 1955 he worked at the University of Michigan Botanical Gardens. From 1955 until 1961 he worked in the Faculty of Science and as the director of the Botanical Institute at the University of Montreal. In 1961 he returned back to the United States as the assistant director of the New York Botanical Garden and as a professor of botany and geography at the Columbia University. From 1972 until 1976 he was the Director of the Research Centre for Sciences and the Environment at the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM). In 1976 he was made a Professor Emeritus at UQAM.

Honours

• In 1949 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (MSRC).
• In 1959 he was awarded an Honourary Doctor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan.
• In 1969 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
• In 1973 he was awarded the The Royal Canadian Geographical Society 's Massey Medal.
• In 1974 he won the Molson Prize.
• In 1983 he was awarded the University of Sherbrooke's prix Esdras-Minville.
• In 1983 he won the Government of Quebec's Prix Marie-Victorin
• In 1985 he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec and was promoted to Grand Officer in 1992.
• In 1985 he was awarded the Canada Council for the Arts' Killam Prize
• In 1995 he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Sir John William Dawson Medal.
• In 2001 he was inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame.

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