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John Ballard Blake, Ph.D.

1922-2006

John Blake in the History of Medicine Division reading room

John Ballard Blake, Ph.D., Chief of the National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine Division, 1962-1982, and the first to hold that position, died on September 24, 2006.

He was a distinguished historian, leader in the medical library profession and tree farmer.

This website is dedicated to him.

 

Last reviewed: 14 December 2007
Last updated: 14 December 2007
First published: 14 December 2007
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