Benjamin Guy Babington

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Benjamin Guy Babington (1794-1866) was an English physician and epidemiologist.[1]

After serving as a midshipman and studying at Haileybury, he worked in government at Madras, India. Returning to England, he studied medicine at Guy's Hospital and Cambridge, receiving his doctorate in 1831.

In 1850 he founded the London Epidemiological Society and was its chairman for many years. At least one authority refers to the founding as the beginning of modern epidemiology.[2]

During his career, he invented several medical instruments and thechniques. He wrote several papers and translated several others.

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  1. ^ Who Named it?
  2. ^ International Journal of Epidemiology

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