
Edward Murray East
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 86 years ago |
Date of birth | October 4,1879 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Du Quoin |
Illinois | |
United States | |
Date of died | November 9,1938 |
Died | Boston |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Books | Inbreeding and Outbreeding: Their Genetic and Sociological Significance |
Fields | Genetics |
Agronomy | |
Notable students | Donald F. Jones |
Rollins A. Emerson | |
Edgar Anderson | |
Education | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Notable student | Donald F. Jones |
Rollins A. Emerson | |
Edgar Anderson | |
Known for | Hybrid corn, eugenics |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1509126 |
Edward Murray East Life story
Edward Murray East was an American plant geneticist, botanist, agronomist and eugenicist. He is known for his experiments that led to the development of hybrid corn and his support of 'forced' elimination of the 'unfit' based on eugenic findings.