Harriet A. Hall | |
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Birth name | Harriet Anne Hoag[1] |
Born | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | July 2, 1945
Died | January 11, 2023 Puyallup, Washington, U.S. | (aged 77)
Allegiance | United States |
Service | United States Air Force |
Years of service | 1969–1989 |
Rank | Colonel |
Awards | Meritorious Service Medal |
Alma mater | University of Washington |
Spouse(s) | Kirk Hall |
Children | 2 |
Other work | Medical blogger and critic of alternative medicine |
Website | www |
Harriet A. Hall (July 2, 1945 – January 11, 2023) was an American family physician, U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, author, science communicator, and skeptic. She wrote about alternative medicine and quackery for the magazines Skeptic and Skeptical Inquirer and was a regular contributor and founding editor of Science-Based Medicine. She wrote under her own name or used the pseudonym "The SkepDoc". After retiring as a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, Hall was a frequent speaker at science and skepticism related conventions in the US and around the world.