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Moses Tran Clegg September 1, 1876 Red Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. |
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August 10, 1918 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | (aged 41)
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Edna Wisner (m. 1911; his death 1918) |
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Alma mater | University of Arkansas |
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Moses T. Clegg (September 1, 1876 - August 10, 1918) was a bacteriologist. He is best known as the first scientist to segregate and propagate the leprosy bacillus.[1]
Early life[]
Clegg, the son of a doctor, was born on September 1, 1876, at Red Bluff, Arkansas, and educated at the University of Arkansas.[1] After a period of Federal service in Company A, 1st Arkansas Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish–American War, he enlisted in the Hospital Corps, serving through the Philippine Insurrection.[1][2]
Career[]
Clegg was assistant bacteriologist in the Philippine Department of the Interior at Manila from 1902 to 1910, assistant director of the Leprosy Investigation Station in Hawaii from 1910 to 1915, and bacteriologist at San Francisco from 1916 to 1917. At the time of his death, he was superintendent of Queen's Hospital, Honolulu.[1]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Moses Tran Clegg". September 5, 1918. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9805E0DB1439E13ABC4D53DFBF668383609EDE.
- ↑ Report of the Adjutant General of the Arkansas State Guard, 1897-1900, Including the Period of the Spanish-American War, by Brig. Gen. Arthur Neill, Acting Adjutant General. Little Rock: Thompson Lithograph and Printing Co.. 1900. p. 18. LCCN 41040306. OCLC 6614916. https://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant00arkarich.
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