Busvine, James Ronald
BUSVINE, James Ronald
BUSVINE, James Ronald. British, b. 1912. Genres: Medicine/Health. Career: Member, WHO Panel of Experts on Insecticides, since 1960. Entomological Adviser to the Minister of Health, 1943-45; Lecturer, 1946-54, Reader, 1954-64, and Professor of Entomology as applied to Hygiene, 1964-76, Emeritus, 1976. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Publications: Insects and Hygiene, 1951, 3rd ed. 1980; Techniques for Testing Insecticides, 1957, 1971; Arthropod Vectors of Disease, 1975; Insects, Hygiene, and History, 1976; I Warmed Both Hands, 1986; Disease Transmission by Insects: Its Discovery and 90 years of Effort to Prevent It, 1993. Address: 26 Braywick Rd, Maidenhead, Berks., England.
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