Lilian Lewis

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Lilian Lewis

Biology

#12228

World Rank

#15691

Historical Rank

#2619

USA Rank

Endocrinology

#229

World Rank

#246

Historical Rank

#16

USA Rank

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Lilian Lewis's Degrees

• Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
• Masters Zoology Stanford University

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Why Is Lilian Lewis Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Lilian Burwell Lewis, was an American zoologist known for being the first African-American woman to receive a doctorate degree from the University of Chicago and for her research in gonadogenesis. Early life and education Lewis was born Lilian Leonora Burwell in Meridian, Mississippi on August 13, 1904, as the ninth of thirteen children. She earned a High school diploma from Tougaloo College in 1919 before attending Howard University, where she studied under Ernest Everett Just and graduated with a bachelor's degree in biology in 1925. Lewis would then follow in the footsteps of another one of Just's students, Roger Arliner Young, to study with Frank Rattray Lillie at the University of Chicago.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Lilian Lewis?

Lilian Lewis is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Berkeley
• South Carolina State University
• Stanford University
• Howard University
• University of Chicago
• Winston-Salem State University
• Huston–Tillotson University