Jesse William Lazear

Jesse William Lazear
Jesse William Lazear
BornMay 2, 1866
DiedSeptember 25, 1900 (aged 34)
Havana, Cuba
Cause of deathYellow fever
Alma mater
Spouse
Mabel Houston
(m. 1896)
Children2

Jesse William Lazear (May 2, 1866 – September 25, 1900) was an American physician. In 1900, he deliberately allowed a mosquito to bite him to test the hypothesis that mosquitoes were the vector for yellow fever transmission. He contracted the disease but did not recover and died on September 25, 1900.