About Edward Lewis Sturtevant
Lived 1842 – 1898 (aged 56). Edward Lewis Sturtevant was an American botanist and inventor.
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.
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Who was Edward Lewis Sturtevant?
Agronomist and botanist (1842-1898)
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Edward Lewis Sturtevant was born on 23 January 1842 in Boston.
When did Edward Lewis Sturtevant die?
Edward Lewis Sturtevant died on 30 July 1898 in Framingham.
What was Edward Lewis Sturtevant's occupation?
Edward Lewis Sturtevant was a botanist and inventor.
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Edward Lewis Sturtevant was American.
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