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Edward B. Lewis was born on May 20, 1918, and died on July 21, 2004. He was recognized as a Nobel Laureate, with a count of one award. His Erdős number is 5.
His work is included in several collections. These include the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Medicine collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the National Medal Of Science collection.
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Key facts
- Born
- Edward Butts Lewis , May 20, 1918 ( 1918-05-20 ) , Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania , US
- Died
- July 21, 2004 (2004-07-21) (aged 86), Pasadena, California, US
- Education
- University of Minnesota (B.A., 1939) California Institute of Technology (PhD, 1942, M.S., 1943)
- Known for
- Research into genetics of the common fruit fly
- Awards
- Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (1983) Wolf Prize in Medicine (1989) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1992) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1991) Nobel Prize in Medicine (1995)
- Fields
- Genetics Developmental biology Embryology
- Thesis
- A genetic and cytological analysis of a tandem duplication and its included loci in Drosophila melanogaster (1942)
- Doctoral advisor
- Alfred Sturtevant
- Doctoral students
- Mark M. Davis
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1995
“for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Family name
- Lewis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wilkes-Barre
- Place of death
- Pasadena
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Minnesota
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Alfred Sturtevant
- Doctoral student
- Mark M. Davis
- Field of work
- genetics
- Image
- Ed Lewis 1986.png
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- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- Erdős number
- 5
- date of birth
- 1918-05-20
- date of death
- 2004-07-21
- name in native language
- Edward Lewis
- different from
- Edward Lewis
- Commons category
- Edward B. Lewis
- interested in
- genetics
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward Butts Lewis (May 20, 1918 – July 21, 2004) was an American geneticist, a corecipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He helped to found the field of evolutionary developmental biology.
Early life
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