death_place death_date religion birth_place birth_date article_title name
united states 01 october 1966 seventh-day adventist . united states 06 april 1901 donovan courville
 donovan amos courville
donovan courville

donovan amos courville -lrb- april 6 , 1901 in michigan -- august 1996 , in fresno , california -rrb- -lrb- ph.d. , chemistry -rrb- , was a graduate of andrews university .
he taught at pacific union college from 1935 to 1949 before moving to loma linda university from 1949 to 1970 where he was emeritus professor of biochemistry at the school of medicine .
he was a practicing seventh-day adventist .
he authored numerous articles on bio-chemistry and poisonous marine animals .
he also maintained an interest in archaeology , egyptology , and biblical chronology .
the fruit of his biblically related study resulted in the 1971 private publication of a two-volume , 700-page work that is his main claim to fame , `` the exodus problem and its ramifications '' .
