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Born November 17, 1878 • New York City • New York
Died 1940 (aged 61)
Subjects Of Study typhus
Nicolle, Charles-Jules-Henri
Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle
French bacteriologist
Pierre-Fidèle Bretonneau
French physician
Walter Reed
Walter Reed
American pathologist and bacteriologist
Paul Farmer
American anthropologist and epidemiologist
Nathan Wolfe, 2008.
Nathan Wolfe
American virologist and epidemiologist
Oswald Avery.
Oswald Avery
American bacteriologist
Alice Evans
American scientist
Agramonte y Simoni, Aristides
Aristides Agramonte y Simoni
Cuban-American scientist
David Hendricks Bergey
American bacteriologist
Rebecca Lancefield
American bacteriologist
Simon Flexner
American pathologist and bacteriologist
Thomas Francis, Jr.
American microbiologist
David Bruce
British physician
Robert Koch.
Robert Koch
German bacteriologist
Peter Piot
Belgian microbiologist
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Scottish bacteriologist
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch scientist
Ferdinand Cohn
Ferdinand Cohn
German botanist
John Snow
John Snow
British physician
William Farr
British physician