Irving Geis
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Irving Geis (18 October 1908 - 22 July 1997) was an American hand-drawn molecular artist who worked closely with biologists. Geis depicts many structures of biological macromolecules, such as DNA and proteins, including the first crystal structure of myoglobin. He also served as a coauthor and illustrator of many biochemical books with Albert Lehninger and Richard E. Dickerson.
Geis was borned in New York City, and lived in Anderson, South Carolina for a time.
[edit] References
- Dickerson, R. E. (1997). "Irving Geis, Molecular artist, 1908-1997". Protein Sci 6: 2483-2484.
- HHMI Purchases Geis Archives. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
[edit] External links
- A Gallery for Irving Geis. by Kristin Leutwyler.
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