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Alan Waller Woodruff (27 June 1916 - 12 October 1992) was a British
Alan Waller Woodruff (27 June 1916 - 12 October 1992) was a British medical doctor
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
, an expert on tropical diseases
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.
He was Wellcome Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a public research university in Bloomsbury, central London, and a member institution of the University of London that specialises in public health and tropical medicine.
The inst ...
, from 1952 to 1981, and Professor of Medicine at the University of Juba
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, Sudan
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from 1981 until his death.
He was President of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine from 1973 to 1975.
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