Ronald Ross

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Ronald Ross
Born13 May 1857
Died16 September 1932.
Alma materSt Bartholomew's Hospital, London
Known forMalaria
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1902)
Scientific career
FieldsTropical diseases
InstitutionsUniversity College Liverpool

Ronald Ross (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932) was an English doctor.[1] He won the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for work on malaria transmitting by anopheles mosquitos.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Biography of Ronald Ross". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
  2. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1902". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2007-07-28.