Edward Lewis Sturtevant, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edward Lewis Sturtevant

Agronomist and botanist

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1842

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 30-Jul-1898

Profession: inventor, botanist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Edward Lewis Sturtevant (January 23, 1842 – July 30, 1898) was an American agronomist and botanist who wrote Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World.
An enormously prolific author, he was considered one of the giants of American agricultural science in his own time.