Clyde E. Keeler

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Clyde Edgar Keeler
Born(1900-04-11)April 11, 1900
Marion, Ohio, US
DiedApril 22, 1994(1994-04-22) (aged 94)
Milledgeville, Georgia, US
Resting placeMemory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia
NationalityAmerican
EducationSc. D.
Alma mater
Georgia State College for Women, Central State Hospital (Milledgeville, Georgia)
ThesisRodless retinae: studies on an ophthalmic mutation in the house mouse. (1926)

Clyde Edgar Keeler (April 11, 1900 – April 22, 1994) was a medical geneticist who is noted for his work on

non-rod non-cone visual sensation
.

Short biographies may be found at the web site of Georgia College,

The Journal of Heredity[3] and he self-published an autobiography, The Gene Hunter.[4]

If I went into medicine, I might save the lives of two hundred or more persons, but if I went into research and was fortunate enough to make a biomedical discovery of lasting value, I would affect the knowledge of many physicians and through them I might help to save the lives of thousands as yet unborn. So I went into my career with my eyes open.

— Clyde E. Keeler, The Gene Hunter

References

  1. ^ "Clyde E. Keeler Collection: Biographical Note". Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Clyde E. Keeler". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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  4. ^ Keeler, Clyde E. (1984). The Gene Hunter: Excerpts from a life in bio-science. Philip Giles. The manuscript is in the Keeler Collection.