Person    | Male  Born 13/9/1851  Died 23/11/1902

Walter Reed

Categories: Armed Forces, Medicine

Countries: USA

American army surgeon prominent in proving that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes.
Born Belroi, Virginia. Died Washington.

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Walter Reed

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Royal Hospital Chelsea

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Burgess Park designers - 1979 air crash

Burgess Park designers - 1979 air crash

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Geoffrey Mills was the pilot - see his page for more details. Our information comes from the British Newspaper Archive: the Birmingham Da...

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Cavalry Memorial - original position

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Reverend James Palmer

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2 memorials