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Walter Reed

1851 - 1902

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Walter Reed (September 13, 1851 – November 23, 1902) was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than by direct contact. This insight gave impetus to the new fields of epidemiology and biomedicine, and most immediately allowed the resumption and completion of work on the Panama Canal (1904–1914) by the United States. Reed followed work started by Finlay and directed by George Miller Sternberg, who has been called the "first U.S. bacteriologist". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Reed is the 652nd most popular physician (down from 610th in 2019), the 9,587th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,821st in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Walter Reed ranks 652 out of 726. Before him are Kei Okami, Harry Benjamin, Gabriele Possanner, George E. P. Box, Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, and William C. Gorgas. After him are Edward Angle, Harry Klinefelter, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson, Yoshioka Yayoi, Joseph Schröter, and Denton Cooley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Walter Reed ranks 98. Before him are Rainer Ludwig Claisen, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Juan Gualberto González, Arthur Schuster, Thomas Pollock Anshutz, and Ivan Tavčar. After him are Theo de Meester, William Mitchell Ramsay, Berthold Englisch, William Quan Judge, Thomas Dewing, and Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey. Among people deceased in 1902, Walter Reed ranks 83. Before him are Johannes Wislicenus, William McGonagall, Franz Sigel, Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg, Juan Bautista Egusquiza, and Hans von Pechmann. After him are John Henry Twachtman, and Wade Hampton III.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Reed ranks 9,589 out of 20,380. Before him are John Trudell (1946), Leigh Taylor-Young (1945), Troy Baker (1976), Garth Brooks (1962), Fred Saberhagen (1930), and Jay Park (1987). After him are Charles Sumner (1811), Heather Donahue (1974), Peter Schickele (1935), Frederick Muhlenberg (1750), Harold Hackett (1878), and Derrick Green (1971).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Walter Reed ranks 78. Before him are Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), Stuart Kauffman (1939), Bernard Nathanson (1926), Leila Denmark (1898), William H. Welch (1850), and William C. Gorgas (1854). After him are Edward Angle (1855), Harry Klinefelter (1912), Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878), Denton Cooley (1920), Ellen S. Baker (1953), and John Heysham Gibbon (1903).

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