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Ronald Ross

1857 - 1932

Ronald Ross

Sir Ronald Ross (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932) was a British medical doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate, and the first born outside Europe. His discovery of the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of a mosquito in 1897 proved that malaria was transmitted by mosquitoes, and laid the foundation for the method of combating the disease. Ross was a polymath, writing a number of poems, published several novels, and composed songs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronald Ross has received more than 747,004 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Ronald Ross is the 73rd most popular physician (up from 91st in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from India (up from 73rd in 2019) and the most popular Physician.

Ronald Ross is most famous for his discovery of the malaria parasite in 1897.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ronald Ross ranks 73 out of 502. Before him are James Parkinson, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Peter Canisius, Hans Selye, William P. Murphy, and Selman Waksman. After him are Robert Edwards, Cyril of Jerusalem, Theodor Morell, Jean Nicot, Albert Szent-Györgyi, and Shirō Ishii.

Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia

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James Parkinson
1755 - 1824
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 67
Otto Fritz Meyerhof
1884 - 1951
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 68
Peter Canisius
1521 - 1597
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 69
Hans Selye
1907 - 1982
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 70
William P. Murphy
1892 - 1987
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 71
Selman Waksman
1888 - 1973
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 72
Ronald Ross
1857 - 1932
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 73
Robert Edwards
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 74
Cyril of Jerusalem
313 - 386
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 75
Theodor Morell
1886 - 1948
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 76
Jean Nicot
1530 - 1605
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 77
Albert Szent-Györgyi
1893 - 1986
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 78
Shirō Ishii
1892 - 1959
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 79

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Ronald Ross ranks 20. Before him are Alfred Binet, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Eugen Bleuler, Alexander of Battenberg, Theo van Gogh, and Thorstein Veblen. After him are Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Axel Munthe, Andrija Mohorovičić, Paul Doumer, and Antoni Grabowski. Among people deceased in 1932, Ronald Ross ranks 8. Before him are Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Eduard Bernstein, Manuel II of Portugal, Aristide Briand, Giuseppe Peano, and Nadezhda Alliluyeva. After him are Gustav Meyrink, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Paul Doumer, George Eastman, Margaret Brown, and Errico Malatesta.

Others Born in 1857

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Alfred Binet
1857 - 1911
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 14
Ruggero Leoncavallo
1857 - 1919
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 15
Eugen Bleuler
1857 - 1939
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 16
Alexander of Battenberg
1857 - 1893
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 17
Theo van Gogh
1857 - 1891
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 18
Thorstein Veblen
1857 - 1929
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 19
Ronald Ross
1857 - 1932
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 20
Julius Wagner-Jauregg
1857 - 1940
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 21
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
1857 - 1905
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 22
Axel Munthe
1857 - 1949
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 23
Andrija Mohorovičić
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 24
Paul Doumer
1857 - 1932
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 25
Antoni Grabowski
1857 - 1921
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 26