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Carlos Juan Finlay (December 3, 1833 – August 20, 1915) was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through mosquitoes Aedes aegypti. [1] Biography. Early life and education.
- Jefferson Medical College
- August 20, 1915 (aged 81), Havana, Cuba
- Juan Carlos Finlay y de Barrés, December 3, 1833, Puerto Príncipe, Cuba
Carlos J. Finlay (born Dec. 3, 1833, Puerto Príncipe, Cuba—died Aug. 20, 1915, Havana) was a Cuban epidemiologist who discovered that yellow fever is transmitted from infected to healthy humans by a mosquito. Although he published experimental evidence of this discovery in 1886, his ideas were ignored for 20 years.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
WGBH. Establishing a general medical and ophthalmology practice in Havana, Finlay spent much of his free time on scientific investigation, including the study of yellow fever. He was appointed to...
May 11, 2018 · Carlos Juan Finlay. The Cuban physician and epidemiologist Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915) discovered that certain mosquitoes transmit yellow fever. Carlos Juan Finlay was born in Camagüey Province on Dec. 3, 1833, of a Scottish father and a French mother.
May 16, 2023 · Born on 3 December 1833 in Puerto Príncipe (today's city of Camagüey) in a French-Scottish family, Carlos J. Finlay studied at some of the most prestigious schools and institutes in the world. After receiving his primary education at home, his parents sent him to France to pursue his studies.
Biographies. Finlay, Carlos. Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915) was born in Cuba of European parents. He was sent to the Continent at the age of eleven for boarding school and then arrived in 1853 at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia to earn his medical degree.
Carlos Juan Finlay was a Cuban epidemiologist famed for pioneering research on yellow fever, including determination that it was transmitted through mosquitoes. He was born in 1833 to a Scottish born physician father and a French born mother. Finlay studied medicine in Philadelphia at the Jefferson Medical College and graduated in 1855.
