Ashburn, P. M. 1872-1940

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Name (Latin)
Ashburn, P. M. 1872-1940
Other forms of name
Ashburn, Percy Moreau, 1872-1940
Ashburn, Percy Moreau, 1872-1940. nnaa
Date of birth
1872-07-28
Date of death
1940-08-20
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 33280630
Wikidata: Q2070278
Library of congress: n 79105688
Sources of Information
  • LC NAF, July 7, 2014(hdg.: Ashburn, P. M. (Percy Moreau), 1872-1940)
  • Piroplasmosis hominis(?), 1905:t.p. (P.M. Ashburn, M.D., Missoula, Mont., captain and assistant surgeon, U.S. Army)
  • His The elements of military hygiene, 1909.

Wikipedia description:

Percy Moreau Ashburn (July 28, 1872 – August 20, 1940) was a colonel and medical officer in the United States Army. With then Lieutenant Charles Franklin Craig, Ashburn made the link that mosquitoes were involved in the transmission of Dengue fever. As a major, he served as the sixth commanding officer of the Walter Reed General Hospital, and as a colonel, he served as the first commandant of the Medical Field Service School at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

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