Clyde E. Keeler
Clyde Edgar Keeler | |
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Born | Marion, Ohio, US | April 11, 1900
Died | April 22, 1994 Milledgeville, Georgia, US | (aged 94)
Resting place | Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia |
Nationality | American |
Education | Sc. D. |
Alma mater | Georgia State College for Women, Central State Hospital (Milledgeville, Georgia) |
Thesis | Rodless 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,
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
- ^ "Clyde E. Keeler Collection: Biographical Note". Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ "Clyde E. Keeler". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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- ^ Keeler, Clyde E. (1984). The Gene Hunter: Excerpts from a life in bio-science. Philip Giles. The manuscript is in the Keeler Collection.