Roy Lee Moodie

Roy Lee Moodie was an American geologist and researcher best remembered for early work on disease in fossil animals and ancient human remains. Contemporary and later sources describe him as an important figure in the beginnings of paleopathology, and one appreciation called him virtually a father of the field.

His best-known book in the public domain is The Coal Measures Amphibia of North America, and records from Project Gutenberg also connect his name with that work. Other sources about his career note that his interest in ancient disease grew out of studying fossils, including material from Rancho La Brea, and that he held teaching posts in Chicago, Dallas, and Santa Monica.

Moodie lived from 1880 to 1934. Because the available sources I found were focused more on his scientific career than on personal life, this overview keeps to the details that could be confirmed clearly.