About Wade Hampton Frost
Lived 1880 – 1938 (aged 58). Wade Hampton Frost was an epidemiologist and professor.
Wade Hampton Frost (March 3, 1880 – May 1, 1938) was an American epidemiologist. He is often considered the father of modern epidemiology. Frost studying tuberculosis may have been influenced by his own diagnosis with incipient pulmonary tuberculosis in his thirties, which required a prolonged stay in a sanatorium.
He published 57 scientific papers throughout his career. He is often considered the father of modern epidemiology.
Death He died in Baltimore, Maryland on May 1, 1938, of esophageal cancer.
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Who was Wade Hampton Frost?
American academic (1880–1938)
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Wade Hampton Frost was born on 3 March 1880 in Marshall, Virginia.
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Wade Hampton Frost died on 1 May 1938 in Baltimore.
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Wade Hampton Frost was an epidemiologist and professor.
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