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  1. Edward Butts Lewis (May 20, 1918 – July 21, 2004) was an American geneticist, a corecipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] He helped to found the field of evolutionary developmental biology .

  2. May 16, 2024 · Edward B. Lewis (born May 20, 1918, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died July 21, 2004, Pasadena, California) was an American developmental geneticist who, along with geneticists Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus, was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering the functions that control early ...

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  3. Jul 21, 2004 · Edward B. Lewis. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1995. Born: 20 May 1918, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA. Died: 21 July 2004, Pasadena, CA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA.

  4. Sep 8, 2004 · Ed Lewis, who died on 21 July at the age of 86, is remembered by all who knew him as a brilliant, eccentric and kindly scientist. He was a pioneer in exploring how genes design and build...

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  5. Dec 1, 2004 · Edward B. Lewis. started experimenting with Drosophila as a high school student and never stopped. His enthusiasm never waned. Except for 4 years as a meteorologist during World War II, he continued to work with Drosophila until a very short time before his death.

  6. Edward B. Lewis died in Pasadena, California on July 21 at the age of 86. Lewis was the Thomas Hunt Morgan Professor of Biology at California Institute of Technology. He had been at Caltech for most of his scientific life, beginning as a PhD student with Alfred Sturtevant in 1939.

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  8. Jul 23, 2004 · Edward B. Lewis, the Caltech Nobel laureate who was the first to explain how genes control the development of organs during the early growth of an embryo, died Wednesday at Huntington...

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