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edward wilson merrill hermann p. meissner -lrb- 1907-1990 -rrb- massachusetts institute of technology new bedford , massachusetts august 31 , 1923 biomaterials , artificial kidney , blood rheology 20px institute -rrb- literature , -lrb- sfb , 1990 -rrb- , national academy of engineering -lrb- 2013 -rrb- , of american academy of arts and sciences -lrb- 1966 -rrb- , medicine pierre galletti award -lrb- aimbe , 2010 -rrb- , 100 of chemical engineers of the modern era -lrb- aiche , 2008 the -rrb- , founders award -lrb- aiche , 2000 -rrb- , national founders award -lrb- sfb , 2002 -rrb- , alpha chi academies sigma award for research contributions -lrb- aiche , 1982 -rrb- -lrb- , c.a. stine materials and engineering award -lrb- aiche , 2014 1993 -rrb- , clemson award for contributions to the biomaterials edwardwmerrill01.jpg edward wilson merrill
 edward wilson merrill
edward wilson merrill

edward wilson merrill -lrb- born in new bedford , ma on august 31 , 1923 -rrb- is one of the leading biomaterials scientist of the 20th century and one of the founders of bioengineering and specifically the biomedical engineering field within chemical engineering .
merrill was born to edward clifton merrill -lrb- 1881-1949 -rrb- , a chemical engineer and chief chemist of the united drug company -lrb- rexall -rrb- and gertrude wilson -lrb- 1895-1978 -rrb- .
