Edmund Wilson
1856-1939
American cytologist who helped discover the existence and nature of sex chromosomes. Wilson's "The Cell in Heredity and Development" (1928) integrated cell...
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The American critic Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) pursued an independent course that secured him respect and eminence.Edmund Wilson was born in Red Bank, N.J., on May 8, 1895, the son of a railroad lawyer...
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Edmund Wilson's unique position in American literature was established during a long career in which he undertook the duties and challenges of the man of letters. After having started work in the 1920...
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