Lewis Wolpert
Lewis Wolpert CBE FRS FRSL FMedSci (19 October 1929 – 28 January 2021) was a South African-born British developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster. Wolpert was known for his work on the intracellular positional information that guides cellular development.
Lewis Wolpert | |
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.jpg) Wolpert in May 1994 | |
| Born | 19 October 1929 |
| Died | 28 January 2021 (aged 91) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | BSc, PhD |
| Alma mater | University of Witwatersrand Imperial College London King's College London |
| Occupation | Developmental biologist |
| Years active | 1960–2020 |
| Employer | University College London (Emeritus Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology) |
| Organization | Fellow of the Royal Society Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences |
| Known for | positional-value concept in biological development |
Notable work | Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression (1999) Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Evolutionary Origins of Belief (2006) |
| Children | Daniel Mark Wolpert |
| Awards | Hamburger prize for education – American Soc.Dev.Biol. Michael Faraday Prize (2000) Royal Medal (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Developmental biology |
| Doctoral students | Jim Smith[1][2] |
| Website | www |
He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989.[3]
Wolpert died at a hospital in London on 28 January 2021 from COVID-19, aged 91.[4]
Publications
- Wolpert, Lewis. A Passion for Science (1988). Oxford, U.K: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-854213-5.
- Wolpert, Lewis. The Triumph of the Embryo (1991). Oxford, UK & New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-854243-7.
- Wolpert, Lewis. The Unnatural Nature of Science (1994)Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-92980-2. Retrieved 14 November 2010. Paperback ISBN 978-0-674-92981-4 First published 1992 by Faber & Faber, London.
- Wolpert, Lewis. Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression (1999). New York: Free Press. ISBN 0-684-87058-4. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- Wolpert, Lewis. Principles of development (2011). Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-955428-7.
- Wolpert, Lewis. Six impossible things before breakfast, The evolutionary origins of belief (2006)W.W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-06449-2.
- Wolpert, Lewis. How We Live and Why We Die: The secret lives of cells, Norton (2009)Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0571239122.
- Wolpert, Lewis. You're Looking Very Well: The Surprising Nature of Getting Old (2011)Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0571250653.
Lewis Wolpert Media
Appearing with Germaine Greer on After Dark in 1994
References
- ↑ Weston, K.. The accidental biologist: an interview with Jim Smith. Disease Models & Mechanisms 3 (1–2) (2010). p. 11–14. doi:10.1242/dmm.004952.
- ↑ Smith, James Cuthbert (1979). Studies of positional signalling along the antero - posterior axis of the developing chick limb.. University College London (University of London). . http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.473165. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- ↑ Lewis WolpertAcademia Europaea.
- ↑ Humanists UK mourns Professor Lewis Wolpert CBE FRS (1929-2021)