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William Kermack
British biochemist and epidemiologist · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Lived 1898 to 1970 · aged 72
William Ogilvy Kermack FRS FRSE FRIC was a Scottish biochemist. He made mathematical studies of epidemic spread and established links between environmental factors and specified diseases. He is noteworthy for being blind for the majority of his academic career.
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1970Died20 July 19701944Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1926Makdougall Brisbane PrizeAward1925Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghAward1898Born26 April 1898
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Together with Anderson Gray McKendrick he created the Kermack-McKendrick theory of infectious diseases.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1970 · aged 72
