John Snow is often called the founder of epidemiology, the study of health in populations. He is best known for his work on tracking the spread of cholera during an epidemic in London in 1854.

John Snow was born into a labourer's family on 15 March 1813 in York and at 14 was apprenticed to a surgeon. In 1836, he moved to London to start his formal medical education. He became a member ...

John Snow's 1854 map is widely regarded as a foundational work in the field of public health and spatial epidemiology. By georeferencing the original map, these files make it possible to perform ...

Also known as the ‘Golden Square outbreak’, the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak remains one of the most important events in the history of public health, health geography and epidemiology. In 1854, ...

The book begins with a brief introduction to environmental epidemiology, illustrated by examples of classical studies in the field, such as John Snow’s investigation of London’s cholera epidemic in ...

But, as we will show later, not all his life was just a success. John Snow is now also recognized as one of the founders of modern epidemiology (some also consider him as the founder of data ...