Charles E. Clifton
Charles E. Clifton | |
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Born | March 23, 1904 |
Died | October 7, 1976 | (aged 72)
Citizenship | US |
Education | Ohio State University University of Minnesota |
Partner |
Esther Ora Carlson (m. 1932) |
Children | 2 |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | |
Thesis | Potentiometric Studies of Sugar Oxidation: A Determination of Active Glucose (1928) |
Doctoral advisor | John Mouk Ort |
Charles Egolf Clifton (March 23, 1904–October 7, 1976) was an American microbiologist. He was a faculty member at Stanford University for forty years, authored two textbooks, and was the editor of the peer-reviewed journal the Annual Review of Microbiology for twenty-five years.
Early life and education
Charles Egolf Clifton was born on March 23, 1904, in Etna, Licking County, Ohio[1] to parents Lulu née Egolf and Allen Benton Clifton. He had one sister, Margaret Kuhn.[2] He graduated from the Ohio State University with a bachelor's degree in 1925 and a master's degree in physical chemistry in 1926.[1][3]
Clifton attended the University of Minnesota for his PhD, graduating in 1928.[4] He said that he received the first PhD in biophysics awarded in the US.[3]
Career
After graduating, Clifton worked at Kodak's research laboratories for several months.[3] Clifton was an instructor at the
He was the first editor of the peer-reviewed journal the Annual Review of Microbiology, which was first published in 1947. He remained editor through 1972 and was succeeded by Mortimer P. Starr.[8]
Personal life and death
Charles Clifton married Esther Ora
References
- ^ a b c America's Young Men. Vol. 3. Richard Blank Publishing Company. 1938. p. 114.
- ^ "Mrs. A. B. Clifton". The Newark Advocate. Newark, Ohio. 27 May 1963. p. 33.
- ^ PMID 5330232.
- ^ "256 degrees awarded at graduation". The Minneapolis Star. 20 December 1928. p. 11.
- ^ "Stanford Faculty Members Named". The Chico Enterprise. Chico, California. 15 August 1929. p. 3.
- ^ "Class Personals". Ohio State University Monthly. Ohio State University. October 1938.
- ^ a b c d "Memorial Resolution: Charles E. Clifton" (PDF). Stanford University. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- S2CID 4069894.
- ^ Charles E. Clifton, Sacramento, CA: California Death Index, 1940-1997