Simeon Burt Wolbach
Simeon Burt Wolbach | |
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| Born | July 3, 1880 Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | March 19, 1954 (aged 73) Sudbury, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Harvard Medical School |
| Known for | work on Rocky Mountain spotted fever, epidemic typhus, and scurvy |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Harvard Medical School McGill University Bender Hygienic Laboratory Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Children's Hospital of Boston |
| Doctoral advisor | William Thomas Councilman |
Simeon Burt Wolbach (July 3, 1880 – March 19, 1954) was an American pathologist, researcher, teacher, and journal editor who elucidated the infection vectors for Rocky Mountain spotted fever and epidemic typhus. He was president of the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists and the American Society for Experimental Pathology.