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Clarence Morley Sellery was born on the 6th of August, 1894 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
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99 University Ave, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
Sellery studied at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1913 and a Doctor of Medicine degree three years later.
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99 University Ave, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
Sellery studied at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1913 and a Doctor of Medicine degree three years later.
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Clarence Sellery was a Canadian-born American educator, physician and author of School Health and Health Education, that was written in collaboration with C. E. Turner and Sara Louise Smith. He was an assistant director of health services for Los Angeles city schools and director of health education and health services.
Education
Clarence Morley Sellery studied at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1913 and a Doctor of Medicine degree three years later.
Career
Sellery began his military service in 1916 with the Canadian Army Medical Corps, attaining the rank of captain in 1919. A year later, he launched his career as a physician as superintendent of the Indian Reserve Hospital in Norway House, Manitoba, that post he held until 1921. After that, he joined Jenshow Hospital in Jenshow, China, where he held the same post for six years.
Clarence Sellery was an assistant director of health services for Los Angeles city schools between 1929 and 1940 and director of health education and health services from 1940 to 1960. Moreover, he was an assistant clinical professor of preventive medicine and public health at the College of Medical Evangelists (Seventh Day Adventists) in Loma Linda, California, and a summer lecturer at the School of Health Administration at the University of California in Los Angeles. His first and only book was School Health and Health Education that was published with C. E. Turner and Sara Louise Smith in 1966. Also, he was a contributor to the Journal of School Health.
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Membership
Sellery was a member of a number of organizations. During his lifetime, he served as a fellow of the American Public Health Association and was past president of the American School Health Association, a member and past president of the California School Health Association, past president of the Southern California Public Health Association and past president of the Los Angeles County Tuberculosis and Health Association.
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Canada United States
Education
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1913
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1916
Career
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1916 - 1919
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1920 - 1921
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1921 - 1927
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1929 - 1940
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1940 - 1960
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1966