Austin Bradford Hill
Sir Austin Bradford Hill was an English epidemiologist who pioneered the modern randomised clinical trial and, together with Richard Doll, demonstrated the connection between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Hill is widely known for the "Bradford Hill" criteria for considering whether an observed association is causal.
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- Born in
- London
- Educated at
- Chigwell School
- Awards
- 🏆 Knight Bachelor🏆 Officer of the Order of the British Empire🏆 Commander of the Order of the British Empire🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society🏆 Guy Medal in Gold
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1897
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Birth1991
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