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Last Name Geis

Given Name Irving

alt. Names I. G. ;

Marriage Miriam ;

Children photographer Sandra ;

Year born 1908 in New York City, NY

Year died 1997

Place of death Manhattan, New York

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Education architecture at Georgia Tech 1925-1927; Univ. of Pennsylvania, Univ. of South Carolina 1932-3

Country of Activity United States of America

Worked for biochemists: Richard E. Dickerson: Proteins 1969 & Chemistry Matter Universe 1976 & Hemoglobin 1983 ; Albert Lehninger, John Kendrew, David Phillips ; Darrell Huff ;

Patronage Scientific American

Collaborators Richard E. Dickerson on various illustrated chemical books, esp. Hemoglobin (1983) ;

Techniques medical and chemical drawing and linocut ; cartoons ;

Sample(s) http://www.hhmi.org/news/geis.html ;

Archival sources Howard Hughes Medical Institute ;

Published sources R. E. Dickerson: Geis, molecular artist, Protein Science 6 (1997): 2483-2484 ; Molecular Art of Irving Geis, 1993 ; D. Huff ; Kemp 2006: 314 ;

other perspectival illustrations of chemical molecules; see also http://www.ibb.gatech.edu/artist-irving-geis ;

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