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George A. Soper

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U.S. sanitation engineer, discoverer of Typhoid Mary

United StatesScientistsLived 1870 to 1948 · aged 78
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George Albert Soper II was an American sanitation engineer and epidemiologist. He specialized in the investigation of water- and food-borne disease and urban sanitation, and is best known for identifying Mary Mallon as the first recognized asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever in the United States.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1870 to 1948 · aged 78
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