Ross on the steps of laboratory in Calcutta, 1898. With Mrs Ross, Mahomed Bux and laboratory assistants in the foreground, cages for malarial birds. Sir Ronald Ross (May 13, 1857 - September, 16 1932) was a British doctor and polymath. He was born in India where his grandfather contracted malaria and he vowed at an early age to find a cure. At the age of eight, he was sent to England for his education.

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Ronald Ross, Calcutta Laboratory, 1898

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