Jesper Hoffmeyer

Jesper Hoffmeyer (21 February 1942 – 25 September 2019) was a professor at the University of Copenhagen Institute of Biology. He was the President of the International Society for Biosemiotic Studies (ISBS) from 2005 to 2015, co-editor of the journal "Biosemiotics" and the Springer Book series in Biosemiotics.
He authored the books "Biosemiotics: An Examination into the Signs of Life and the Life of Signs" and "Signs of Meaning in the Universe" and edited "A Legacy for Living Systems: Gregory Bateson as Precursor to Biosemiotics".
Hoffmeyer died on 25 September 2019 of a heart attack at the age of 77.