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Evans, Herbert McLean
1882 - Born on the 23rd of September in Modesto, California, Unites States.
1908 - He obtained his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
1915 - He moved back to to California and was made professor of anatomy at the University of California,
in Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
1918 - His research into the number of human chromosomes led him to believe that there are 48 chromosomes.
1923 - He co-discovered Vitamin E which is needed for human reproduction.
1931 - He became a director of the Institute of Experimental Biology in Berkeley, California, United States.
1971 - He died on the 6th of March in Berkeley, California.
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