Quick Facts

• NAME: Walter Reed
• OCCUPATION: Doctor, Scientist
• BIRTH DATE: September 13, 1851
• DEATH DATE: November 22, 1902
• EDUCATION: University of Virginia, Bellevue Medical College
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Belroi, Virginia
• PLACE OF DEATH: Washington, D.C.

Best Known For

Walter Reed was a U.S. Army pathologist and bacteriologist who led the experiments that proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquito bite.