Richard Doll
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 Richard Doll    (physician, epidemiologist, Key Opinion Leader) | |
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| Born | 28 October 1912 Hampton, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 24 July 2005 (Age 92) Oxford, England |
| Nationality | UK |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Exposed | Tobacco |
Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll was a British physician who became an epidemiologist in the mid-20th century and made important contributions to that discipline. He was a pioneer in research linking smoking to health problems.
Official narrative
In collaboration with Professor Bradford Hill, he developed statistics that proved the connection in 1950.[1] Doll himself quit smoking then. He then studied doctors' smoking habits and came to the conclusion that when one quits smoking, the risk of cancer decreases immediately.[2]
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