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Person
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Frost, Wade Hampton
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Description area
Dates of existence
1880-1938
History
Wade Hampton Frost was a prominent figure in US public health and epidemiology in the first half of the twentieth century. He was educated at the University of Virginia and from 1905-1929 he worked as a surgeon with the United States Public Health Service. In 1919 he became a resident lecturer at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health; in 1929 he was appointed a professor of epidemiology; and from 1931-1934 he served as the school's dean.