Walter Reed

Walter Reed
Born	September 13, 1851 Gloucester County, Virginia, U.S.
Died	November 23, 1902 (aged 51) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Buried	Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Army
Years of service	1876–1902
Rank	Major
Alma mater	University of Virginia New York University Johns Hopkins University
Spouse(s)	Emilie Lawrence (m. 1876)
Children	Walter Lawrence Reed (born December 4, 1877, Ft. Apache) Emilie Reed (called Blossom) (born July 12, 1883, Ft. Omaha) Susie Reed (adopted aboriginal American child)

Walter Reed (September 13, 1851 – November 22, 1902) was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than by direct contact. This insight gave impetus to the new fields of epidemiology and biomedicine, and most immediately allowed the resumption and completion of work on the Panama Canal (1904–1914) by the United States. Reed followed work started by Finlay and directed by George Miller Sternberg, who has been called the "first U.S. bacteriologist".