Ronald Ross, K.B., English physician (* 13. May 1857 in Almora, India; "† 16 September 1932 in Putney Heath, today London), carriers of the Nobelpreis for medicine (1902)

The principal interest of Ronald Ross was the discovery of prevention possibilities against the tropical illness malaria in different parts of the world. But it traveled to the most different places, under it west Africa, the region around the Sueskanal, Greece, Mauritius, Cyprus and to the theaters of the 1. World war from 1914 to 1918. It made many discoveries over the epidemiology of the malaria and over the possibilities of the protection and the care. Its largest success was uncovering the infection way of the malaria by mosquitoes and the identification of the In addition it developed a mathematical model from its observations for the study of the spreading of the malaria. This as Pathometrie admits become models is this very day the basis for the understanding of epidemic diseases, which proceed from insects. Its work brought in beside the Nobelpreis for medicine still many further honours for it.

Personal record

• 1857 became Ross to 13. May as a son of the English general C.C.G. Ross in Almora in India born.
• 1875 it began its medicine study at the pc. Bartholomew's hospital in London.
• 1881 it joined the Indian Medical service.
• 1892 it began its work with the tropical illness malaria.
• 1894 it developed an experiment, in order to confirm the hypothesis of its colleagues Alphonse Laveran and Manson that malaria will transfer from mosquitoes. After two and a half years without results it could prove the life cycle of the malarial parasites in the mosquito.
• it changed 1899 to the Liverpool School OF Tropical Medicine under the direction of Sir Alfred Jones. It started its work on Institut with a journey to west Africa, where it the kind of mosquito Anopheles spec. as a carrier of the illness to identify could.
• it received the Nobelpreis for medicine to 1902 " for its work over malaria, with which it penetrates shown, like the illness into the body and put the basis for a successful study of this illness and its fight. "1902 are taken up Ross in addition to the Most Honourable order OF the Bath.
• 1902-1912nahm it the posts as a professor for tropical medicine at the School OF Tropical Medicine, which was created in honours leaders of the Sir Afred Jones.
• 1911 it became the knight of the Bathordens. From now on it was allowed to carry the title Sir Ronald Ross.
• it went to 1912-1917 as a professor for tropical illnesses to the King's college into London and occupied at the same time the position as a professor for tropical nursing for the sick in Liverpool.
• 1917 became Ronald Ross advisor for malaria illnesses of the war office.
• 1926 received the post to Ross as general manager Ross institutes and hospital OF Tropical Diseases and hygiene.
• 1932 it died on 16 September after long illness in the Ross of institutes in Putney Heath.

Ronald Ross married 1889 pink Bessie Bloxam, which 1931 deceased one year before him. They had two sons and two daughters.

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