Background
Lewis, Edward B.t PH D. was born on May 20, 1918 in Wilkes-Barre. Son of Edward B. Lewis and Laura Histed Lewis.
Lewis, Edward B.t PH D. was born on May 20, 1918 in Wilkes-Barre. Son of Edward B. Lewis and Laura Histed Lewis.
Minnesota University and California Institute of Technology.
Instructor, California Institute of Technology 1946-1948, Assistant Professor 1948-1949, Association Professor 1949-1956, Professor 1956-1988, Thomas Hunt Morgan Professor, of Biology Emeritus since 1988. Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, Cambridge University 1947-1948. Secretary Genetics Society of America 1962-1964, Vice-President 1966-1967, President 1967.
Guest Professor, Institute of Genetics, Copenhagen University 1975-1976.
North.A.S., American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, Genetics Society of America, American Philosophical Society. Royal Society 1989.
Married Pamela Harrah in 1946.