Cedric Carter

Cedric Carter
Born
Cedric Oswald Carter

(1917-09-26)26 September 1917
Port Said
Died12 March 1984(1984-03-12) (aged 66)
Keston, Kent
NationalityEnglish
Education
Scientific career
FieldsHuman genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of London

Cedric Oswald Carter (26 September 1917 – 12 March 1984) was a British medical geneticist and eugenicist. According to Peter Harper, Carter was "probably the single person who most influenced the development of medical genetics as a clinical specialty" during the late 1960s and 1970s.[1]

  1. ^ Harper, Peter S. (2019-10-08). The Evolution of Medical Genetics: A British Perspective. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-000-69326-3.