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Sir Ronald Ross

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Noun1.Sir Ronald Ross - British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)


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A) Sir David Bruce B) Robert Koch C) Sir William Osler D) Sir Ronald Ross E) Theobald Smith Decide first.
It was a shipping magnate who would provide the finance for the city's pioneering research into tropical diseases, leading to the establishment of the world renowned Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, where Sir Ronald Ross made his advances into the treatment of malaria.
It was at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 1902 that Sir Ronald Ross discovered that malaria was transmitted by the mosquito.
 
 
 
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