Moses T. Clegg
Moses Tran Clegg (September 1, 1876 – August 9, 1918) was an American bacteriologist noted for his work in Leprosy. He is best known as the first scientist to segregate and propagate the leprosy bacillus.[1]
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| Born | Moses Tran Clegg September 1, 1876 Red Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | August 9, 1918 (aged 41) |
| Alma mater | University of Arkansas |
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Edna Wisner (m. 1911) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Fields | Bacteriology |
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Early life
Clegg was born on September 1, 1876, at Red Bluff, Arkansas, and educated at the University of Arkansas.[1] After a period of service in Company A, 1st Arkansas 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 Bureau of Science 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]
References
- "Moses Tran Clegg". The New York Times. September 5, 1918. p. 11. Retrieved February 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- 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 – via Internet Archive.
Further reading
- Burnett, Abby (July 8, 2020). "Moses Tran Clegg (1876–1918)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark.: Central Arkansas Library System. OCLC 68194233. Retrieved February 14, 2023.