Archibald Garrod (1857 - 1936)
Archibald Garrod (1857 - 1936) was a physician with broad
scientific interests, and became aware of the re-discovery
of Mendelian principles quite early on. He was the first to
apply this to a specific human medical condition, Alkaptonuria,
characterized by accumulation of black pigment in the urine
and depositions in the cartilage. Garrod suggested from
analysis of pedigrees that the trait behaved like a
(autosomal) recessive.