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.

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989.

Wolpert died at a hospital in London on 28 January 2021 from COVID-19, aged 91.Humanists UK mourns Professor Lewis Wolpert CBE FRS (1929-2021)

Publications

 Paperback  First published 1992 by Faber & Faber, London.



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