John H. Edwards

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John Hilton Edwards (26 March 1928 – 11 October 2007) was a British medical geneticist. Edwards reported the first description of a syndrome of multiple congenital malformations caused by the presence of an extra chromosome.[1]

In 1979, Edwards was elected to fellowship of the Royal Society.[2]

References

  1. Edwards, J.. A New Trisomic Syndrome. The Lancet 275 (7128) (1960). p. 787–790. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(60)90675-9.
  2. Ferguson-Smith, Malcolm A.. John Hilton Edwards. 26 March 1928 — 11 October 2007 (in en). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 63 (2017-04-19). p. 215–242. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0005.