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British biochemist and epidemiologist

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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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1944Fellow of the Royal Society
1926Makdougall Brisbane Prize
1925Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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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. Together with Anderson Gray McKendrick he created the Kermack-McKendrick theory of infectious diseases.

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Lived 1898 to 1970 · aged 72
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