
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
Tropical diseases are diseases that are prevalent in or unique to tropical and subtropical regions. The diseases are less prevalent in temperate climates, due in part to the occurrence of a cold season, which controls the insect population by for ...
.
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
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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.
References
1916 births
1992 deaths
People educated at Bede Grammar School for Boys
British tropical physicians
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Health in Sudan
Academic staff of the University of Juba
Academics of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Presidents of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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