# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-h-edwards
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:25:56.650Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-h-edwards"
name: "John H. Edwards"
slug: "john-h-edwards"
description: "John Hilton Edwards was a British medical geneticist. Edwards reported the first description of a syndrome of multiple congenital malformations associated the presence of an extra chromosome. The extra chromosome belonged to the E group of chromosomes which consisted of chromosomes 16, 17 and 18. The condition is now known as Edwards syndrome or trisomy 18 syndrome."
tagline: "British geneticist (1928–2007)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1928-03-26"
deathDate: "2007-10-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جون ادواردز (دكتور من المملكه المتحده)"
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    title: "John H. Edwards"
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    title: "John H. Edwards"
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    title: "John H. Edwards"
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    title: "John H. Edwards"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards_(medico)"
    title: "John Edwards (medico)"
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    title: "John Hilton Edwards"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump