John Hilton Edwards
John Hilton Edwards (born March 26, 1928 in London , † October 11, 2007 in Oxford ) was a British human geneticist .
Edwards studied medicine and zoology in Cambridge and Middlesex. In 1960 he first described Edwards syndrome ( trisomy 18 ), which was then named after him and which is caused by a trisomy of human chromosome 18 or parts of it.
Web links
- Short biography at whonamedit.com (English)
- Obituary (English)
literature
- JH Edwards, DG Harnden, AH Cameron, VM Crosse, OH Wolff: A new trisomic syndrome. In: The Lancet . London, 1960, 1: 787-790
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| SURNAME | Edwards, John Hilton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British human geneticist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 2007 |
| Place of death | Oxford |