What is Basil Hetzel?
[[File:Basil Hetzel.jpg|thumb|Hetzel in 2011]] '''Basil Stuart Hetzel''', {{Small|[[Order of Australia|AC]]}} (13 June 1922 &ndash; 4 February 2017) was an [[Australia]]n [[medical research]]er. He was best known for his work in the fight against [[iodine deficiency]]. The disease is a major cause of [[goitre]] and [[cretinism]] around the world. He studied and worked at the [[University of Adelaide]]. Hetzel was born in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]. He and his first wife, Mary Helen Eyles, had five children. She died in 1980 from [[cancer]]. He later married Anne Fisher in 1983. Hetzel died on 4 February 2017 at the age of 94.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/legendary-south-australian-medical-researcher-basil-hetzel-dies-aged-94/news-story/b466b4d4d29d2505e634133497e99366|title=Legendary South Australian medical researcher Basil Hetzel dies aged 94|date=6 February 2017|access-date=6 February 2017|work=Adelaide Now}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hetzel, Basil}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Australian medical doctors]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:People from Adelaide]] [[Category:Scientists from South Australia]] {{Bio-stub}}