Sir Ronald Ross KCB (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932) was a Scottish physician.
Ross was born in Almora, India. He was the eldest son of General Sir Campbell Claye Grant Ross of the Indian Army and Matilda Charlotte Elderton (d. 1906), daughter of Edward Merrick Elderton, a London solicitor. His grandfather was Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Ross.
At the age of eight, Ross was sent to England for his education. After completing his early education in tw...
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Sir Ronald Ross KCB (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932) was a Scottish physician.
Ross was born in Almora, India. He was the eldest son of General Sir Campbell Claye Grant Ross of the Indian Army and Matilda Charlotte Elderton (d. 1906), daughter of Edward Merrick Elderton, a London solicitor. His grandfather was Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Ross.
At the age of eight, Ross was sent to England for his education. After completing his early education in two small schools at Ryde, he was sent to a boarding school at Springhill, near Southampton in 1869.
Ross commenced his study of medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London on October 29, 1875. He passed his final examination in 1880 and qualified as MRCS and LSA. He joined the Indian Medical Service in 1881. His first posting was in Madras.
Ross studied malaria between 1881 and 1899. He worked on malaria in Calcutta at the Presidency General Hospital where he was ably assisted by Kishori Mohan Bandyopadhyay, a Bengali Indian scientist. In...
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