Jesse Lazear MD
(1866-1900)

Died aged c. 34

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Commemorated on 1 plaque

Jesse Lazear, M.D., medical martyr: to find the cause of yellow fever he courageously exposed himself to virus-infected mosquitoes and died of the disease, thereby proving the route of transmission [full inscription unknown]

127 West Lanvale Street, Bolton Hill, Baltimore, MD, United States where they lived