Andrew Spielman | |
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| Born | 24 February 1930 |
| Died | 20 December 2006 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medical entomology |
| Institutions | Harvard School of Public Health |
| Thesis | The inheritance of autogeny in the Culex Pipiens complex of mosquitoes (1956) |
| Doctoral advisor | Lloyd Eugene Rozeboom |
Andrew Spielman (24 February 1930 – 20 December 2006) was a prominent American public health entomologist and Professor of Tropical Public Health in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).
Spielman was a world-renowned expert in the vector-borne illnesses malaria, Lyme disease, babesiosis and in the ways in which they are transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks. He was a major figure in the modern history of public health entomology.