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 In epidemiology, a disease vector is any living agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen to another living organism; agents regarded as vectors are organisms, such as parasites or microbes. The first major discovery of a disease vec ...

led him to appreciate bats as a way to reduce mosquito populations.

Biography

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 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''.Bird, Byron. (1926)
''Bats, Mosquitoes and Dollars''
''Am J Public Health'' 16 (9): 929–930. He died on February 22, 1931, in San Antonio, Texas.

Publications

*''Bats, Mosquitoes, and Dollars'' (1925)

References

External links

* * http://www.batcon.org/resources/media-education/bats-magazine/bat_article/386 {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Charles Augustus Rosenheimer 1863 births 1931 deaths American bacteriologists Physicians from Texas Tulane University alumni 19th-century American physicians 20th-century American physicians