Person    | Male  Born 13/5/1857  Died 16/9/1932

Sir Ronald Ross

Categories: Medicine

Countries: India

Born Almora, India. Died London, Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1902 "for his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful research on this disease and methods of combating it".

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Sir Ronald Ross

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Sir Ronald Ross

Greater London Council Sir Ronald Ross, 1857 - 1932, Nobel Laureate, discove...

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Old Operating Theatre

Old Operating Theatre

It was a conversion of part of the garret of St Thomas's Church in 1822. The odd location is explained by the fact that it abutted the female surgical ward of St Thomas's. The hospital began to mov...

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1 memorial
Sir Arthur Keith

Sir Arthur Keith

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Person, Medicine, Science, Scotland

1 memorial
Oriolet Hospital and Convalescent Home

Oriolet Hospital and Convalescent Home

Founded and endowed by Arnold Frank Hills (1857–1927), MD of Thames Ironworks, sportsman (founder of West Ham FC), philanthropist, and promoter of vegetarianism. A centre of treatment for sick veg...

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1 memorial
Col. Sir James Cantlie, KBE, MA, MB, FRCS, RAMC (T)

Col. Sir James Cantlie, KBE, MA, MB, FRCS, RAMC (T)

Sir James Cantlie was a British physician. He was a pioneer of first aid, which in 1875 was unknown. He was also influential in the study of tropical diseases and in the debates concerning degenera...

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration, China/Hong Kong, Egypt, Scotland

1 memorial
Fernando Mendez

Fernando Mendez

Physician. Born Fernando Moses Mendez (or Mendes) in Beira, Portugal. Came to the assistance of Catherine of Braganza when she was taken ill in Spain, on her way to Portsmouth to become the wife of...

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1 memorial

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William Goldman

William Goldman

Screenwriter and novelist. Born on 12 August 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He's the one who first said "Nobody knows anything" in reference to predicting which films will be successful. He died ...

Person, Cinema, Literature, USA

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Eyre Arms Tavern

Eyre Arms Tavern

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{Beneath the Eyre family coat of arms:} 1821 1928 Site of Eyre Arms Tavern.

1 subject commemorated
Highbury boundary marker - Rosa Alba Mews

Highbury boundary marker - Rosa Alba Mews

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84th Regiment

84th Regiment

Part of the force commanded by Havelock. Infantry.

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial