Irving Geis

Irving Geis
Born(1908-10-18)October 18, 1908
DiedJuly 22, 1997(1997-07-22) (aged 88)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materGeorgia Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania
University of South Carolina
Known forScientific illustration

Irving Geis (October 18, 1908 – July 22, 1997) was an American artist who worked closely with biologists. Geis's hand-drawn work depicts many structures of biological macromolecules, such as DNA and proteins, including the first crystal structure of sperm whale myoglobin.