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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.
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.
Sep 12, 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.
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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 organism.
Aug 2, 2024 · Sir Ronald Ross (13th May 1857 - 16th September 1932), a British doctor, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine in 1902 for research on the spread of malaria. This article highlights the multifaceted and significant scientific work by Ross.
Ronald Ross was born in Almora, India, and educated in Great Britain. In 1881 he became a military medical officer in India, and it was there that he began studying how malaria was propagated. Ross began working in West Africa in 1899 to find a way to combat malaria.
Aug 2, 2024 · Sir Ronald Ross, a British medical doctor and researcher, is renowned for his pioneering work in malaria research. His discovery of the malaria parasite's lifecycle within mosquitoes revolutionized the understanding and control of malaria, transitioning the field from the miasma theory to vector-based strategies.
