What is John H. Edwards?
'''John Hilton Edwards''' (26 March 1928 – 11 October 2007) was a British medical [[geneticist]]. Edwards reported the first description of a [[syndrome]] of multiple [[congenital]] [[malformation]]s caused by the presence of an extra [[chromosome]].<ref>{{Cite journal| first1 = J.| last2 = Harnden | first2 = D. G.| last3 = Cameron | first3 = A. H.| last4 = Crosse | first4 = V. M.| last5 = Wolf | first5 = O. H.| title = A New Trisomic Syndrome| journal = The Lancet| last1 = Edwards| volume = 275| issue = 7128| pages = 787–790| year = 1960| doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(60)90675-9| pmid = 13819419 }}</ref> In 1979, Edwards was elected to fellowship of the [[Royal Society]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ferguson-Smith|first=Malcolm A.|date=2017-04-19|title=John Hilton Edwards. 26 March 1928 — 11 October 2007|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|language=en|volume=63|pages=215–242|doi=10.1098/rsbm.2017.0005|issn=0080-4606|doi-access=free}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, John H.}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2007 deaths]] [[Category:British geneticists]] {{bio-stub}}