Edward B. Lewis

Edward Lewis
ForMemRS
Edward Lewis ForMemRS
Born	Edward Butts Lewis; May 20, 1918; Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US
Died	July 21, 2004 (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);
	Scientific career
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

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.

Edward Lewis ForMemRS

Born	Edward Butts Lewis May 20, 1918 (1918-05-20) Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US
Died	July 21, 2004 (2004-07-22) (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)
Scientific career
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