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03 Oct 1854
William Crawford Gorgas |
birth William Crawford Gorgas Born 3 Oct 1854; died 3 Jul 1920 at age 65. Major William Crawford Gorgas was a U.S. Army surgeon who contributed greatly to the building of the Panama Canal by introducing mosquito control to prevent yellow fever and malaria. Originally, Gorgas doubted the conclusion of Walter Reed's Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba (1900) that the mosquito was the only means by which the disease spread. Nevertheless, Gorgas supported the new policy and eventually became the most active proponent of the mosquito theory in the United States. In Cuba, he assisted in eliminating mosquito breeding grounds. In 1904, Gorgas led the ten-year anti-mosquito campaign to wipe out yellow fever in Panama. |
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03 Oct 1854
Hermann Struve |
birth Hermann Struve Hermann Struve (died 1920), Russian-born astronomer. |
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