Walter Reed, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter Reed

American physician and medical researcher

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1851

Place of Birth: Belroi, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 22-Nov-1902

Profession: zoologist, entomologist, military physician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Major Walter Reed, M.D., U.S.
Army (September 13, 1851 – November 22, 1902), was a U.S.
Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of the Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species, rather than by direct contact.
This insight gave impetus to the new fields of epidemiology and biomedicine, and most immediately allowed the resumption and completion of work on the Panama Canal (1904–1914) by the United States.
Reed followed work started by Carlos Finlay and directed by George Miller Sternberg, who has been called the "first U.S.
bacteriologist".