| LC control no. | n 79075412 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Harper, Peter S. |
| Variant(s) | Harper, P. S. (Peter S.) Harper, Peter Stanley |
| Associated country | England |
| Birth date | 1939 |
| Death date | 2021-01-23 |
| Place of birth | Barnstaple (England) |
| Field of activity | Education, Higher Medical genetics Myotonia atrophica Huntington's disease |
| Affiliation | Cardiff University University of Wales. College of Medicine. Institute of Medical Genetics |
| Profession or occupation | College teachers Geneticists Authors |
| Found in | His Myotonic dystrophy, 1979: t.p. (Peter S. Harper, D.M., Univ. Hosp. of Wales, Cardiff) Commissioning clinical genetic services, 1998: t.p. (P.S. Harper) His Practical genetic counselling, 1984: t.p. (Peter S. Harper, MA, DM, FRCP; prof. of med. genetics, Welsh Nat. School of Med.; consultan in med. genetics & consultant physician, Unic. Hosp. of Wales, Cardiff) Genetics, society, and medical practice, 1997: t.p. (Peter S. Harper, Inst. of Med. Genetics, Univ. of Wales Coll. of Med., Cardiff, UK) p. viii (b. 1939) Glutamine repeats and neurodegenerative diseases, c1999: t.p. (P.S. Harper) The evolution of medical genetics, 2020: back cover (Peter S. Harper is University Research Professor Emeritus in Human Genetics at Cardiff University, UK) Scientist website, viewed August 3, 2021 (Peter Stanley Harper, an influential British geneticist who authored several popular books on the ethics and history of medical genetics, died January 23. He was born in 1939 in Barnstaple in southern England. In 1971, Harper took up a post as a lecturer in medical genetics at the University of Wales College of Medicine in Cardiff. There, he focused his research on studying two disorders: myotonic dystrophy and Huntington's disease. In 1987, he established and became director of Cardiff University's Institute of Medical Genetics.) <https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/respected-medical-geneticist-sir-peter-harper-dies-at-81-68417> |
| Associated language | eng |
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