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Elizabeth Fee

1946 – 2018

Medical and public health historian

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Lived 1946 – 2018 (aged 71). Elizabeth Fee was a medical historian, historian, history of medicine and history of public health.

Elizabeth Fee (December 11, 1946 – October 17, 2018), also known as Liz Fee, was a historian of science, medicine and health. She was the Chief of the United States National Library of Medicine History of Medicine Division. After contracting scarlet fever in China, Fee lost her hearing in one ear.

In 1974, Fee went to work at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, where she worked until 1995. She worked in departments including health humanities, international health, and health policy. During her tenure at Johns Hopkins, Fee wrote a history of the School of Public Health, Disease and Discovery: A History of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1916–1939. She oversaw moves to restructure the organisation around three sections: Rare Books and Early Manuscripts, Images and Archives, and Exhibitions. Fulbright fellowship

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Medical historian, historian, History of medicine, History of public health
Education
Princeton University, University of Cambridge
Employers
Johns Hopkins University, United States National Library of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, National Library of Medicine
Also known as
Liz Fee

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Elizabeth Fee's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Elizabeth Fee?

medical and public health historian (1946-2018)

When was Elizabeth Fee born?

Elizabeth Fee was born on 11 December 1946 in Belfast.

When did Elizabeth Fee die?

Elizabeth Fee died on 17 October 2018 in Bethesda.

What was Elizabeth Fee's occupation?

Elizabeth Fee was a medical historian, historian, history of medicine and history of public health.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Elizabeth Fee

· Wikidata: Q58840873

· DBpedia: Elizabeth Fee

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