Wilfrid Le Gros Clark

Wilfrid Le Gros Clark
Born
Wilfrid Edward Le Gros Clark

(1895-06-05)5 June 1895
Died28 June 1971(1971-06-28) (aged 76)
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society[1]
Royal Medal (1961)
Karl Spencer Lashley Award (1971)
Scientific career
InstitutionsSt Thomas' Hospital
University of Oxford
Royal Army Medical Corps
University College London
Websiteucl.ac.uk/cdb/about/history/clark

Sir Wilfrid Edward Le Gros Clark (5 June 1895 – 28 June 1971)[2] was a British anatomist, surgeon, primatologist and palaeoanthropologist, today best remembered for his contribution to the study of human evolution. He was Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy at the University of Oxford.

  1. ^ Zuckerman, L. (1973). "Wilfrid Edward Le Gros Clark 1895-1971". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 19: 216–233. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1973.0008. PMID 11615723.
  2. ^ Spencer, Frank (1990). Piltdown Man: A Scientific Forgery. Oxford University Press. p. 127. ISBN 0-19-858522-5.