Sir Ronald Ross KCB KCMG FRS FRCS [1] [2] (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
May 9, 2023 · Sir Ronald Ross, (born May 13, 1857, Almora, India—died Sept. 16, 1932, Putney Heath, London, Eng.), British doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on malaria.
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He was also a President of the Society of Tropical Medicine. His Memoirs (London, 1923) were «inscribed to the people of Sweden and the memory of Alfred Nobel». During this active career, Ross’ interest lay mainly in the initiation of measures for the prevention of malaria in different countries of the world.
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Ronald Ross was born to Sir Campbell Claye Grant and Matilda Charlotte Elderton, on May 13, 1857, in Almora, India. As a child, he was brought up in Isle of Wight, England, by his uncle and aunt. He pursued his primary education from schools located in Ryde, and later, in 1869, joined a residential school in Springhill.
Ronald Ross was born on 13 May in 1857 at the Himalayan hill station in Almora, India. He was the eldest son of Sir Campbell Claye Grant Ross, a general of the British Army and Matilda Charlotte Elderton. The eldest of ten children, aged eight, he was sent to England where he lived with his great uncle, a retired doctor. Advertisements
Sir Ronald Ross (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.