Nationality American Name Moses Clegg | Allegiance United States Spouse Edna Wisner Fields Bacteriology | |
Born September 1, 1876
Red Bluff, Arkansas ( 1876-09-01 ) Residence Siloam Springs, Arkansas
Corregidor, Philippines
Honolulu, Hawaii
Oakland, California
Rosedale, New York Institutions United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, United States Public Health Service Children Nancy Clegg (daughter)
Cynthia Clegg (daughter)
Moses Clegg (son) Died August 10, 1918, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Institution Marine Hospital Service, United States Public Health Service | ||
Alma mater University of Arkansas | ||
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.
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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. 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.
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.