Horace Hodes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American pediatrician and researcher
Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1907
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 24-Apr-1989
Profession: pediatrician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Horace Hodes
- Horace Louis Hodes (December 21, 1907 – April 24, 1989) was an American pediatrician and infectious disease researcher.
- He was the first to isolate rotavirus, he demonstrated that the Japanese encephalitis virus is transmitted by mosquitoes, and he discovered that vitamin D increased intestinal absorption of calcium.
- He spent his early career at Johns Hopkins Hospital and later became the chief of pediatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan and a professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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