Charles Augustus Rosenheimer Campbell

(December 29, 1863 – February 22, 1931) was president of the San Antonio Academy of Medicine and bacteriologist for San Antonio, Texas.

[1] His medical interests in mosquitoes as disease vectors led him to appreciate bats as a way to reduce mosquito populations.

[2] He was born on December 29, 1863, in San Antonio, Texas to Martin Hifield Campbell (1824–1874) and Dolores Barrera (1829–1890).

In 1925 he published Bats, Mosquitoes, and Dollars.

[3] He died on February 22, 1931, in San Antonio, Texas.

Bat roost with Campbell in San Antonio, Texas in 1915