Edmund Beecher Wilson

Wilson was an American zoologist and geneticist who wrote “one of the most famous textbooks in the history of modern biology, The Cell.” In subsequent editions, the book acquired the title “The Cell in Heredity and Development.” Wilson joined the faculty of Columbia University in 1891, where he elevated the department of zoology to a peak of international prestige. His first experimental studies, in embryology, led him to investigations at the cellular level.