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

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Royal Hospital Chelsea - north east wing

Royal Hospital Chelsea - north east wing

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