Nettie Stevens

Geneticist

Birthday July 7, 1861

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Vermont

DEATH DATE May 4, 1912 (50)

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About

Geneticist who discovered what would become known as the XY sex-determination system. She was an associate in experimental morphology at Bryn Mawr College.

Before Fame

She received her Bachelor and Masters of Arts from Stanford before studying cytology at Bryn Mawr College.

Trivia

Google featured her in a doodle on what would have been her 155th birthday in 2016.

Family Life

She died of breast cancer at John Hopkins Hospital nine years after completing her Ph.D. She is buried next to her father Ephraim and sister Emma in Westford, Massachusetts.

Associated With

She and Richard Lewontin are recognized for their contributions as geneticists.