Sci-5 | The Hindu Science Quiz: on Sir Ronald Ross

In 1902 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Drugs for his work on malaria.

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Sir Ronald Ross was born in Almora, Uttarakhand (United Provinces of British India) in 1857 to Sir C.C.G. Ross, a Common within the Indian Military, and his spouse Matilda.

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On August 20, 1897, in Secunderabad, Sir Ronald Ross made his landmark discovery. Whereas dissecting the abdomen tissue of an anopheline mosquito fed 4 days beforehand on a malarious affected person, he discovered the malaria parasite and went on to show the position of Anopheles mosquitoes within the transmission of malaria parasites in people.

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By July 1898, Sir Ronald Ross had demonstrated that mosquitoes might function intermediate hosts for hen malaria.

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In 1926 the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Ailments was opened on Putney Heath, London by the Prince of Wales as a memorial to and in recognition of Sir Ronald Ross’ work. (Supply: Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, the U.S.)

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