Carlos Finlay
Cuban epidemiologist
Carlos Juan Finlay was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through mosquitoes Aedes aegypti. Wikipedia
Born: December 3, 1833, Camaguey, Cuba
Died: August 20, 1915 (age 81 years), Havana, Cuba
Education: Jefferson Medical College (1853–1855) and Thomas Jefferson University
Parents: Edward Finlay and Eliza Isabel de Barrés
Nationality: Cuban and Spanish
Spouse: Adela Shine (m. 1865)
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Carlos Juan Finlay was a Cuban epidemiologist famed for pioneering research on yellow fever, including determination that it was transmitted through mosquitoes.
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