Calvin Bridges

Calvin Blackman Bridges
Bridges with an automobile of his design, 1936
BornJanuary 11, 1889 (1889-01-11)
DiedDecember 27, 1938 (1938-12-28) (aged 49)
Los Angeles, California, US
Alma materColumbia University (B.S., Ph.D.)
Known forHeredity, polytene chromosome
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics

Calvin Blackman Bridges (January 11, 1889 – December 27, 1938) was an American scientist known for his contributions to the field of genetics. Along with Alfred Sturtevant and H.J. Muller, Bridges was part of Thomas Hunt Morgan's famous "Fly Room" at Columbia University.