Ronald Ross – SIGNED Letter
£350.00
A fine inscribed and SIGNED autograph from Ronald Ross, dated 6th January 1930, written in blue ink on headed ivory paper – The Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases Putney Heath London SW15 Patron: HRH The Prince of Wales KG Telephone PUTNEY 3081 and 4039 – with two horizontal creases, one central vertical crease.
In full: ‘With compliments from Ronald Ross 6th January 1930.‘
Ronald Ross (1857–1932) was a British doctor and scientist who discovered that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes, revolutionising tropical medicine. Working mainly in India, he identified the malaria parasite in mosquitoes in 1897. For this breakthrough, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902. Ross later worked in public health, helping develop malaria prevention strategies and shaping modern understanding of infectious disease transmission.
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A fine inscribed and SIGNED autograph from Ronald Ross, dated 6th January 1930, written in blue ink on headed ivory paper – The Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases Putney Heath London SW15 Patron: HRH The Prince of Wales KG Telephone PUTNEY 3081 and 4039 – with two horizontal creases, one central vertical crease.
In full: ‘With compliments from Ronald Ross 6th January 1930.‘
Ronald Ross (1857–1932) was a British doctor and scientist who discovered that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes, revolutionising tropical medicine. Working mainly in India, he identified the malaria parasite in mosquitoes in 1897. For this breakthrough, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902. Ross later worked in public health, helping develop malaria prevention strategies and shaping modern understanding of infectious disease transmission.
