Edward Lewis Sturtevant

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Edward Lewis Sturtevant (born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 23, 1842; died July 30, 1898) was an American botanist and agronomist. In youth his parents died so he was raised by an aunt.[1] In 1863 he graduated from Bowdoin College and later attended Havard Medical. In 1887 he was elected President of a Society for Promoting agriculture science.[2] He also did studies in the history of beans.[3]

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  1. ^ Edward Lewis Sturtevant. A Biographical Sketch C. S. Plumb Missouri Botanical Garden Annual Report, Vol. 1899, (1899), pp. 71-84 (article consists of 14 pages) Published by: Missouri Botanical Garden Press
  2. ^ Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society
  3. ^ The Cambridge World History of Food By Kenneth F. Kiple, Kriemhild Coneè Ornelas, pg 274