# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hattie-alexander
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:43:17.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hattie-alexander"
name: "Hattie Alexander"
slug: "hattie-alexander"
description: "Hattie Elizabeth Alexander was an American pediatrician and microbiologist. She earned her M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1930 and continued her research and medical career at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Alexander became the lead microbiologist and the head of the bacterial infections program at Columbia-Presbyterian. She occupied many prestigious positions at Columbia University and was well honored even after her death from liver cancer in 1968. Alexander is known for her development of the first effective remedies for Haemophilus influenzae infection, as well as being one of the first scientists to identify and study antibiotic resistance. She has received many awards and honors including the E. Mead Johnson Award in 1942 for her headway in pediatric research and antibiotic resistance. Alexander's research and studies helped lay the ground work for research into antibiotic and vaccine development."
tagline: "American pediatrician and microbiologist (1901–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hattie_E._Alexander%2C_professor_of_pediatrics.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1901-04-05"
deathDate: "1968-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.71428571428572
  historical:           7.870770666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ഹാറ്റി അലക്സാണ്ടർ"
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    title: "هاتي الكسندر"
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    title: "Hattie Alexander"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Alexander"
    title: "Hattie Alexander"
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    title: "Hattie Elizabeth Alexander"
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    title: "Hattie Elizabeth Alexander"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Hattie_Alexander"
    title: "Elizabeth Hattie Alexander"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump