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Esther Waller Woodruff (27 June 1916 - 12 October 1992) was a British
Esther Waller Woodruff (27 June 1916 - 12 October 1992) was a British medical doctor
A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis ...
, 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 & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a public university, public research university in Bloomsbury, central London, and a constituent college, member institution of the University of London that specialises in public hea ...
, from 1952 to 1981, and Professor of Medicine at the University of Juba
The University of Juba () is an English-language public university located in Juba, South Sudan. It was founded in 1975 by the former Vice president of and President of Southern Sudan, Abel Alier Kwai. The university was temporarily relocated t ...
, 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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