Charles Augustus Rosenheimer Campbell
American physician and bacteriologist
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| Intro | American physician and bacteriologist | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Physician Bacteriologist | |
| Work field | Biology Healthcare | |
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| Birth | 29 December 1863, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 22 February 1931San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, U.S.A. (aged 67 years) |
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Charles Augustus Rosenheimer Campbell, Sr., M.D. (December 29, 1863 – February 22, 1931) was president of the San Antonio Academy of Medicine and bacteriologist for San Antonio, Texas. His medical interests in mosquitoes as disease vectors led him to appreciate bats as a way to reduce mosquito populations.
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He was born on December 29, 1863 in San Antonio, Texas to Martin Hifield Campbell (1824–1874) and Dolores Barrera (1829–1890). He attended Tulane University and received an M.D. He married to Ida Hoyer (1864-1926), and they had three children, Julius R. Campbell (1886–1887), Charles Augustus Rosenheimer Campbell, Jr. (1889–1911), and Milton Francis Campbell (1892–1942). In 1925 he published Bats, Mosquitoes, and Dollars. He died on February 22, 1931 in San Antonio, Texas.
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- Bats, Mosquitoes, and Dollars (1925)