Dr. Clifford Ladd Prosser (May 12, 1907 – February 3, 2002) was an American

physiologist Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out chemical and ...

focused on research of

comparative physiology Comparative physiology is a subdiscipline of physiology that studies and exploits the diversity of functional characteristics of various kinds of organisms. It is closely related to evolutionary physiology and environmental physiology. Many ...

of animals. National Academy of Sciences; Biographical Memoirs: V. 91 (2009);CLIFFORD LADD PROSSER;BY GEORGE N. SOMERO
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said "Ladd Prosser was among the few giants of comparative physiology in the second half of the twentieth century". He was a fellow of the

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, a member of the

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, New York Times:Science Academy Elects 96 Members;April 28, 1974
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, and a recipient of 50th Anniversary Award of the American Society of General Physiologists. He served as editor of the journal ''

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1907 births 2002 deaths American physiologists Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences People from Livingston County, New York Scientists from New York (state) {{US-biologist-stub