Human Accomplishment: Patrick Manson

a Scottish physician who made important discoveries in parasitology, and was a founder of the field of tropical medicine.

Born

3 October 1844 Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Died

9 April 1922 (aged 77) London, England

Known for

Founding the discipline of tropical medicine

Fields

Medicine Parasitology

Alma mater

University of Aberdeen

Awards

Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1901)

Institutions

Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

adultbasic

Britain

era

1800+

Patrick Manson