Person    | Male  Born 1854  Died 1920

William Crawford Gorgas

Categories: Armed Forces, Medicine

Countries: USA

Born Mobile, Alabama. Worked in the medical department of the US army and specialised in yellow fever. Died in London from a stroke while on his way to West Africa.

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William Crawford Gorgas

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