Dan Lewis

Background

Lewis, Dan was born on December 30, 1910 in Stokeon-Trent. Son of Ernest Albert and Edith Jane Lewis.

Education

High School, Newcastle under Lyme, and University of Reading and London.

Career

Professor, of Botany, University College London 1957-1978, Professor Emeritus since 1978. Honorary Research Fellow, University College London since 1978. Visiting Professor, of Genetics, University of California, Berkeley 1961, Delhi 1965, Singapore 1970.

Visiting Professor, Queen Mary College, London since 1978.

President Genetical Society 1968-1971.

Membership

University Grants Committee 1968-1974.

Interests

• Swimming, music

Connections

Married Mary P. East. Burry in 1933.

Father:

Ernest Albert

Mother:

Edith Jane Lewis

Spouse:

Mary P. East. Burry