About Wallace Peters
Lived 1924 – 2018 (aged 93–94). Wallace Peters was a British entomologist.
Wallace Peters (April 1, 1924 – December 2018 ) was a British entomologist and parasitologist. He is noted for his work on malaria and won the Joseph Augustin LePrince Medal for outstanding work in the field of malariology in 1994. He also won Germany's Rudolf Leuckart Medal in 1980 and Saudi Arabia's King Faisal International Prize for Medicine in 1983. In 2004 he was awarded the Manson Medal.
Among his doctoral students was Wendy Gibson.
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Who was Wallace Peters?
British entomologist (1924-2018)
When was Wallace Peters born?
Wallace Peters was born on 1 April 1924 in London.
When did Wallace Peters die?
Wallace Peters died in 2018.
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Wallace Peters was an entomologist.
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Wallace Peters was British.
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