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| 1. | Sir Carol, 1906–76, British film director. |
| 2. | Ishmael (Scott), born 1938, U.S. novelist and poet. |
| 3. | John, 1887–1920, U.S. journalist and poet. |
| 4. | Stanley For⋅man [fawr-muh n] , 1884–1980, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1938–57. |
| 5. | Thomas Brackett, 1839–1902, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1889–91, 1895–99. |
| 6. | Walter C., 1851–1902, U.S. army surgeon who proved that a type of mosquito transmits the yellow fever virus. |
| 7. | a male given name, form of Read. |
A thin piece of wood or plastic used in many woodwind instruments. It vibrates when the player holds it in the mouth and blows over it (as with a single reed) or through it (as with a double reed). Clarinets and saxophones use a single reed; bassoons and oboes use a double reed.
Reed (rēd), Walter. 1851-1902.
American surgeon who led the commission that proved experimentally that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes.
| Reed (rēd) Pronunciation Key
American physician and army surgeon who proved in 1900 that yellow fever was transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. His research led to the mosquito eradication programs carried out by William Gorgas that virtually eradicated yellow fever from Havana, Cuba, and from the Panama Canal Zone. |