Noun: Tatum tey-tum
- United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975)
- Edward Lawrie Tatum
- United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956)
- Art Tatum, Arthur Tatum
Derived forms: Tatums
Type of: biochemist, jazz musician
Encyclopedia: Tatum, Richard