James Alison Glover | |
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| Born | 21 February 1874 Highbury, North London, England |
| Died | 17 September 1963 (aged 89) |
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| Profession | Physician |
| Field | Epidemiology |
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James Alison Glover FRSM CBE (21 February 1874 – 17 September 1963) was a British physician, known for his epidemiological studies associating carrier rates of meningococcus with overcrowding, revealing geographic variations in the number of tonsillectomies in school children in England and Wales, and showing that cases of rheumatic fever occurred after outbreaks of sore throats caused by Streptococcus pyogenes.