Gorgas

Gorgas
biographical name William Crawford 1854-1920 American army surgeon & sanitation expert

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  • Gorgas — may refer to: People Josiah Gorgas (1818–1883), a Confederate General and later President of the University of Alabama William C. Gorgas (1854 1920), a United States Army officer and physician known for fighting tropical disease Gorgas Hospital… …   Wikipedia

  • Gorgas — ist der Name folgender Personen: Edgar Gorgas (* 1928), deutscher Boxer William C. Gorgas (1854–1920), Surgeon General der US Army und Gelbfieber Forscher Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gorgas — [gôr′gəs] William Crawford [krô′fərd] 1854 1920; U.S. army medical officer: chief sanitary officer in the Canal Zone during construction of the Panama Canal …   English World dictionary

  • Gorgas — noun United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854 1920) • Syn: ↑William Crawford Gorgas • Instance Hypernyms: ↑surgeon, ↑operating surgeon, ↑sawbones * * * /gawr geuhs/, n. William Crawford,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Gorgas Hospital — Geography Location Ancón, Panama, Panama city, Panama, Pana …   Wikipedia

  • Gorgas–Manly Historic District — Gorgas Manly Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district …   Wikipedia

  • Gorgas machine gun — Type Machine gun Place of origin  Confederate States of America …   Wikipedia

  • Gorgas, Josiah — born July 1, 1818, Dauphin county, Pa., U.S. died May 15, 1883, Tuscaloosa, Ala. U.S. army officer. A graduate of West Point, he entered the U.S. Army in 1841. In keeping with the sympathies of his Alabama born wife, he resigned his commission… …   Universalium

  • Gorgas-Manly Historic District — Der Gorgas Manly Historic District ist ein historischer Distrikt in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Er umfasst eine Fläche von knapp fünf Hektar mit acht Gebäuden auf dem Kampus der University of Alabama. Diese Gebäude repräsentieren die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gorgas's Rice Rat — Taxobox name = Gorgas s Rice Rat status = CR | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Cricetidae genus = Oryzomys species = O. gorgasi binomial = Oryzomys gorgasi binomial… …   Wikipedia

  • Gorgas, William Crawford — ▪ United States Army surgeon born Oct. 3, 1854, Mobile, Ala., U.S. died July 3, 1920, London, Eng.  U.S. Army surgeon who contributed greatly to the building of the Panama Canal by introducing mosquito control to prevent yellow fever and malaria …   Universalium

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