Talk:Mark Frederick Boyd

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Donald Albury in topic Shigella boydii

1940 census

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The 1940 census has Dr. Mark F. Boyd, age 50, born in Minnesota, living in Tallahassee, Florida with his wife Bertha and one daughter, Ruth. He listed his occupation as "Malaria Specialist", and his industry as "Rockefeller Foundation".[1]

And another, that talks about his research in Tallahassee.[2][1]

A note on his work in Brazil.[2]

Details of work history.[3]

References

  1. ^ "1940 United States Federal Census for Mark F Boyd". ancestry.com. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  2. ^ Humphreys, Margaret (2003). "Whose Body? Which Disease? Studying Malaria while Treating Neurosyphilis". In Goodman, Jordan; McElligott, Anthony; Marks, Lara (eds.). Useful Bodies. The Johns Hoplins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-7342-8.

Shigella boydii

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It turns out that ''Shigella boydii'' was isolated by Major J.S.K. Boyd of the British Royal Army Medical Corps in 1929. I see no connection with Mark Boyd. See (Lampel, Keith A.; Formal, Samual B.; Maurelli, Anthony Y. (January 2018). "A Brief History of Shigella". EcoSal Plus. 8. Discovery of the Dysentary Bacillus. PMC 8559768 – via NIH PubMed Central.). - Donald Albury 02:02, 19 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

And J.S.K. Boyd was John Boyd (bacteriologist). See ("Species: Shigella boydii". lpsn.dsmz.de. Retrieved 2022-08-19.).