Alexander D. Langmuir

E322508

American epidemiologist person public health physician

Alexander D. Langmuir was an influential American epidemiologist who helped shape modern disease surveillance and public health training in the United States.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Alexander D. Langmuir canonical	2
Alexander Duncan Langmuir	1
Alexander Langmuir	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American ⓘ epidemiologist ⓘ person ⓘ public health physician ⓘ
affiliation	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ surface form: Communicable Disease Center
awardReceived	Sedgwick Memorial Medal ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1910-09-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1993-11-24 ⓘ
educatedAt	Weill Cornell Medical College ⓘ surface form: Cornell University Medical College Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard College Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ⓘ
employer	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
familyName	Langmuir ⓘ
fieldOfWork	epidemiology ⓘ public health ⓘ
fullName	Alexander D. Langmuir self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alexander Duncan Langmuir
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Alexander ⓘ
hasOccupation	epidemiologist ⓘ university professor ⓘ
inceptionOf	Epidemic Intelligence Service ⓘ
influenced	development of field epidemiology training programs worldwide ⓘ
knownFor	creating the Epidemic Intelligence Service training program ⓘ establishing national disease surveillance in the United States ⓘ influencing modern field epidemiology ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Public Health Association ⓘ
militaryService	United States Army ⓘ
notableAchievement	helped shape modern public health surveillance in the United States ⓘ promoted systematic collection and analysis of epidemiologic data ⓘ
notableConcept	surveillance as a core function of public health ⓘ
notableWork	development of modern disease surveillance systems in the United States ⓘ founding of the Epidemic Intelligence Service ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Santa Monica, California, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	Chief Epidemiologist of the Communicable Disease Center ⓘ Professor of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
spouse	Eleanor Langmuir ⓘ
workLocation	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia, United States Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Epidemic Intelligence Service → foundedBy → Alexander D. Langmuir ⓘ

EIS → foundedBy → Alexander D. Langmuir ⓘ

subject surface form: Epidemic Intelligence Service

Sedgwick Memorial Medal → notableRecipient → Alexander D. Langmuir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander Langmuir

Alexander D. Langmuir → fullName → Alexander D. Langmuir self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander Duncan Langmuir