Guilford Bevil Reed (November 27, 1887 – February 21, 1955) was a Canadian medical researcher whose research involved diseases such as tuberculosis, gas

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, tetanus and rinderpest. Born in Port George, Nova Scotia, he received a B.Sc. in 1912, M.A. in 1913 and Ph.D. in 1915 from Harvard University. From 1915 to 1954, he taught at

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. In 1932, he was elected a Fellow of the

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and was its president from 1952 to 1953. In 1947, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Flavelle Medal. In 1942, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

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