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Sir Ronald Ross KCB KCMG FRS FRCS (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932) was a British medical doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate, and the first born outside Europe.
- Medicine
- Discovering that the malaria parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes
- British
Biographical. Ronald Ross was born on May 13, 1857, as the son of Sir C.C.G. Ross, a General in the English army. He commenced the study of medicine at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London in 1875; entered the Indian Medical Service in 1881. He commenced the study of malaria in 1892.
May 9, 2024 · Sir Ronald Ross (born May 13, 1857, Almora, India—died Sept. 16, 1932, Putney Heath, London, Eng.) was a British doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on malaria. His discovery of the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of the Anopheles mosquito led to the realization that malaria was ...
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Lived 1857 - 1932. Ronald Ross is famous for his work concerning malaria and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902. He discovered that the salivary gland in the mosquito was the storage site of malarial parasites and using infected birds, he demonstrated the full life cycle of the malarial parasitic.
Sir Ronald Ross was a renowned British physician, born in India, most famous for his scientific research on malaria, the parasite causing the disease, and the mosquito that acts as the carrier. Alumnus of 'St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College', 'Society of Apothecaries', and 'Royal College of Surgeons’, he was desperate to study the ...
Sir Ronald Ross was a remarkable man who contributed immensely not only in Malaria Research but also as a Mathematician, Epidemiologist, Sanitarian, Editor of Science Progress, Dramatist, Poet, Musician, Composer, Artist, and Author. He was a Polymath. Above all, he was a Medical Missionary.
May 29, 2018 · Ronald Ross (1857 – 1932) was a British medical scientist, entomologist, and epidemiologist. Born in India, he studied medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London and then went to India to embark upon a career in the Indian Medical Service, where he focused his attention on malaria.
