Clarence Paul Oliver, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Clarence Paul Oliver

American geneticist

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1898

Place of Birth: Dexter, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 10-Jul-1991

Profession: biologist, geneticist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Clarence Paul Oliver (November 8, 1898 – July 10, 1991), known to his friends as "Pete", was an American geneticist.
Born in Dexter, Missouri, he attended college at University of Texas receiving a BA in 1925.
He continued his studies at University of Texas completing a PhD in the laboratory of Hermann Joseph Muller in 1931.
From 1932 to 1946 he was a member of the faculty of University of Minnesota where future nobelist Edward B.
Lewis worked in his lab as an undergraduate.
From 1946 to his retirement in 1971, he was a faculty member at University of Texas, where he studied human genetics and pseudoallelism.