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American epidemiologist (1893–1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick Lowe Soper (December 13, 1893 – February 9, 1977) was an American epidemiologist.
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Born in Hutchinson, Kansas, his first two degrees were received from the University of Kansas, an AB in 1914 and his Masters of Science in 1916. He received a doctorate from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Soper spent the better part of his career working for the Rockefeller Foundation. Fred Soper's best-known project was known as the Global Malaria Eradication Program.
Fred Soper was featured by journalist Malcolm Gladwell in a July 2, 2001 New Yorker article titled "The Mosquito Killer."
He died in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 83.
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