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Typhoid Mary

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Also known as Mary Brown, Mary Mallon

infected houseworker in New York City

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Mary Mallon, known as Typhoid Mary, was a female cook who lived from 1869 to 1938. Born in Cookstown, she held citizenship in both the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States. She resided in Mamaroneck, Tuxedo Park, Oyster Bay, and North Brother Island, where she died of pneumonia from natural causes.

The name Typhoid Mary is also associated with a musical group from the United States. This group performs in genres including classic pop and rock, contemporary gospel, gospel, and urban contemporary gospel. The entity is referenced by 313 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United States
Active from
1998
classic pop and rockcontemporary gospelgospelurban contemporary gospel

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
865
Total plays
11,674

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heavy metalhard rockemo-rockUS MEtalmall emo

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Typhoid Mary is a hard melodic rock band from Atlanta, GA. who wishes for nothing more than to be able to travel this great land and play their hearts out for anyone who is willing to listen. And they will stop at nothing to spread their love of music like a disease throughout every single boy and girl. And we love you for checking us out! 2) There was also a Typhoid Mary from Allentown, PA. Active 2001-2005. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/

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Key facts

Born
( 1869-09-23 ) September 23, 1869, Cookstown , County Tyrone, UK
Died
November 11, 1938 (1938-11-11) (aged 69), North Brother Island , New York, US
Resting place
Saint Raymond's Cemetery , New York, US
Other name
Typhoid Mary
Occupation
Cook

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Encyclopedic overview

Mary Mallon (September 23, 1869 – November 11, 1938), commonly known as Typhoid Mary, was an Irish-born cook who lived in the United States from a young age and is believed to have infected up to fifty-seven people with the bacteria that cause typhoid fever. The infections caused three confirmed deaths. She was the first person in the U.S. to be identified as an asymptomatic carrier of Salmonella Typhi bacteria.

Between 1897 and 1907, Mallon worked at the houses of several New York-based families; members of four of the households contracted typhoid. An investigation by George Soper, an epidemiologist at the New York Department of Health, identified Mallon as the potential disease vector. In 1907, she was forcibly quarantined at the Riverside Hospital, an institution for those with quarantinable diseases, on North Brother Island in New York City's East River. She was released in 1910 after she swore to report to the health department every quarter and not return to cooking as a career.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Typhoid Mary” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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