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Ebbe Hoff

Ebbe Curtis Hoff (August 12, 1906 in Rexford, Kansas – February 17, 1985 in Richmond, Virginia) was chairman of the Department of Neurological Science at the Medical College of Virginia, founding Dean, School of Graduate Studies and founding director of the Virginia Division of Substance Abuse. He earned a bachelor's degree in Zoology summa cum laude at the University of Washington in 1928 and a Doctor of Philosophy in physiology from St Catherine's College, Oxford in 1932 where he studied neurophysiology, writing his thesis on the theory of the synapse under Nobel Prize laureate Sir Charles Sherrington. From 1932 to 1936 he held the Alexander Browne Coxe research fellowship in the School of Medicine at Yale University, where he taught and conducted neurophysiologic research. He also taught at Sarah Lawrence College. Returning to Oxford he attended medical school (United Kingdom) earning his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery degrees and the London Hospital Medical College, finishing in 1940. Narrowly avoiding the Blitz, he did higher risk home deliveries with midwives. Once again at Yale, he was part of the Yale Aeromedical Research Unit under John Farquhar Fulton, Chair of Physiology, coauthoring publications on aviation medicine. During World War II, he was commissioned Lt.…

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Ebbe Curtis Hoff (August 12, 1906 in Rexford, Kansas – February 17, 1985 in Richmond, Virginia) was chairman of the Department of Neurological Science at the Medical College of Virginia, founding Dean, School of Graduate Studies and founding director of the Virginia Division of Substance Abuse. He earned a bachelor's degree in Zoology summa cum laude at the University of Washington in 1928 and a Doctor of Philosophy in physiology from St Catherine's College, Oxford in 1932 where he studied neurophysiology, writing his thesis on the theory of the synapse under Nobel Prize laureate Sir Charles Sherrington. From 1932 to 1936 he held the Alexander Browne Coxe research fellowship in the School of Medicine at Yale University, where he taught and conducted neurophysiologic research. He also taught at Sarah Lawrence College. Returning to Oxford he attended medical school (United Kingdom) earning his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery degrees and the London Hospital Medical College, finishing in 1940. Narrowly avoiding the Blitz, he did higher risk home deliveries with midwives. Once again at Yale, he was part of the Yale Aeromedical Research Unit under John Farquhar Fulton, Chair of Physiology, coauthoring publications on aviation medicine. During World War II, he was commissioned Lt.…

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  1. date of foundation: 1948 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1948". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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