Miriam Were

Kenyan public health advocate, academic, novelist
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Miriam Were

Summary

Miriam Were is a human[1]. Born in Kenya[2], she… she was born on +1940-04-12T00:00:00Z[3]. She worked as a novelist[4], physician[5], university teacher[6], and writer[7]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #7,292 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Miriam Were was born in Kenya[2].
  • Miriam Were was born on +1940-04-12T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Miriam Were held citizenship in Kenya[9].
  • Miriam Were's professions included novelist[4].
  • Miriam Were worked as a physician[5].
  • Miriam Were worked as a university teacher[6].
  • Miriam Were's professions included writer[7].
  • Miriam Were's field of work was health[10].
  • Miriam Were's field of work was public health[11].
  • Miriam Were's field of work was human health activities[12].
  • Miriam Were's field of work was HIV[13].
  • Miriam Were's field of work was HIV/AIDS[14].
  • Miriam Were's field of work was belletristic literature[15].
  • Among Miriam Were's employers was University of Nairobi[16].
  • Miriam Were was educated at University of Nairobi[17].
  • Miriam Were was educated at University of Pennsylvania[18].
  • Miriam Were's education included a stint at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health[19].
  • Miriam Were received the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize[20].
  • Miriam Were received the Fellow of the Kenya National Academy of Sciences[21].
  • Miriam Were's image is recorded as DrMiriamKWere,2022-04-09,during a talk at AFSC Corporation meeting on Zoom.jpg[22].
  • Miriam Were is recorded as female[23].
  • Miriam Were's instance of is recorded as human[24].
  • Miriam Were's ISNI is recorded as 0000000383508741[25].
  • Miriam Were's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 270194054[26].
  • Miriam Were's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82019884[27].

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Origins and Family

Born in Kenya[2], Miriam Were… she was born on +1940-04-12T00:00:00Z[3].

Education

Educated at University of Nairobi[17], a public university[28], in Kenya[29], founded in 1956[30]; University of Pennsylvania[18], a private university[31], in United States[32], founded in 1740[33], headquartered in Philadelphia[34]; and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health[19], a research institute[35], in United States[36], founded in 1916[37].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include novelist[4], physician[5], university teacher[6], and writer[7]. Fields of work include health[10], a need[38]; public health[11], an academic discipline[39]; human health activities[12], an economic activity[40]; HIV[13], an organisms known by a particular common name[41]; HIV/AIDS[14], an endemic disease[42]; and belletristic literature[15], a literary genre[43]. Miriam Were was employed by University of Nairobi[16].

Recognition

Awards received include Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize[20], an award[44], in Japan[45], founded in 2008[46] and Fellow of the Kenya National Academy of Sciences[21].

Why It Matters

Miriam Were ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #7,292 of 1,000,298).[8] She is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

FAQs

Where was Miriam Were born?

Born in Kenya[2], Miriam Were…

What did Miriam Were do for work?

Miriam Were worked as novelist[4], physician[5], university teacher[6], and writer[7].

Where did Miriam Were go to school?

Miriam Were was educated at University of Nairobi[17], University of Pennsylvania[18], and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health[19].

What awards did Miriam Were receive?

Honors received include Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize[20] and Fellow of the Kenya National Academy of Sciences[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [22] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [17] . sphun.uonbi.ac.ke. sphun.uonbi.ac.ke. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [18] . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
  8. [19] . sphun.uonbi.ac.ke. sphun.uonbi.ac.ke. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [4] . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
  16. [5] . wikidata.org.
  17. [6] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [7] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] . sphun.uonbi.ac.ke. sphun.uonbi.ac.ke. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] . uzimafoundation.org. Retrieved . uzimafoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] . knascience.or.ke. knascience.or.ke. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  15. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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