BIOLOGIST

Edward B. Lewis

1918 - 2004

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward B. Lewis is the 142nd most popular biologist (down from 117th in 2019), the 1,229th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,091st in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Edward B. Lewis ranks 142 out of 1,097. Before him are Gaspard Bauhin, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Oliver Smithies, Martin Evans, Gerald Edelman, and Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin. After him are Aimé Bonpland, Daniel Nathans, Charles Scott Sherrington, E. O. Wilson, Gabriele Falloppio, and Ibn al-Baitar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Edward B. Lewis ranks 46. Before him are Julian Schwinger, Mike Wallace, João Goulart, James Tobin, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and Kenichi Fukui. After him are Betty Ford, Maurice Druon, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Birgit Nilsson, Yasuhiro Nakasone, and François Tombalbaye. Among people deceased in 2004, Edward B. Lewis ranks 36. Before him are Ko Yong-hui, Herbert C. Brown, Leônidas, Gérard Debreu, Renata Tebaldi, and Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi. After him are Jerry Goldsmith, John Vane, Ingrid Thulin, John Pople, Thomas Klestil, and Godfrey Hounsfield.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward B. Lewis ranks 1,229 out of 20,380. Before him are Roberta Flack (1937), Stephen Covey (1932), Sam Shepard (1943), Phoebe Cates (1963), George F. Kennan (1904), and George Papandreou (1952). After him are Lizzie Magie (1866), Scott Joplin (1868), J. K. Simmons (1955), Thomas Harris (1940), Mike Johnson (1972), and David J. Wineland (1944).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Edward B. Lewis ranks 24. Before him are Robert Whittaker (1920), Hamilton O. Smith (1931), Sam Harris (1967), John Franklin Enders (1897), Lynn Margulis (1938), and Gerald Edelman (1929). After him are Daniel Nathans (1928), E. O. Wilson (1929), Howard Martin Temin (1934), Joshua Lederberg (1925), Thomas Huckle Weller (1915), and Martin Chalfie (1947).

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