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Edward Lewis Sturtevant

1842-01-23 – 1898-07-30

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Edward Lewis SturtevantCredit: The Macmillan Company

Life & Legacy

Edward Lewis Sturtevant (January 23, 1842 – July 30, 1898) was an American agronomist and botanist who wrote Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. An enormously prolific author, he was considered one of the giants of American agricultural science in his own time.

Occupation & Career

botanist, inventor

Education

Harvard Medical School; Bowdoin College

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Education & Institutions

Bowdoin College · Harvard Medical School

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q603127 — wikidata View source

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