Science · 1866–1945

Thomas Hunt Morgan — Age & Birthday

Born: 25 September 1866 · Died: 4 December 1945 · Age at death: 79

How old was Thomas Hunt Morgan when he died?

Thomas Hunt Morgan died aged 79. He was born on 25 September 1866 and died on 4 December 1945.

Nobel Prize-winning geneticist who studied fruit flies

Did you know?He proved that genes are carried on chromosomes, a discovery that laid the foundation for the entire field of modern genetics.

Thomas Hunt Morgan (September 25, 1866 – December 4, 1945) was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and embryologist. In 1933, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on the role of chromosomes in heredity.

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