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OriginalEdmund Beecher Wilson, during his time at Bryn Mawr College
Reason
While finishing up things with Nettie Stevens, I checked Wilson - who independently discovered the Y chromosome - albeit without as much insight as Stevens had - at around the same time. This was the lead image. So, yeah, I took it upon myself to research and restore a better image. This kind of dramatic lighting was a bit of a photographic trend a decade or so either side of 1900; This is one of the better examples, with superb facial detail.
Articles in which this image appears
Edmund Beecher Wilson, XY sex-determination system
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Edmund Beecher Wilson between about 1885 and 1891.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:57, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]