Ellsworth C. Dougherty (July 21, 1921 – 1965) was a biologist who was first to study the nematode worm '' Caenorhabditis elegans'' in the laboratory, with

Victor Nigon Victor Marc Nigon (born 11 October 1920 in Metz, France, died 5 July 2015) was a biologist who was first to study the nematode worm ''Caenorhabditis elegans'' in the laboratory, with Ellsworth Dougherty, in the 1940s. Jean-Louis Brun, a student of ...

, in the 1940s. He did most of his studies and medical work in California.

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Mount Dougherty is a mountain range in Antarctica named after Ellsworth Dougherty. The specific epithet given to the nematode species '' Caenorhabditis doughertyi'' is also a tribute to E. Dougherty.

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