Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1901
Number:5 - 0
 
Nominee:
Name:Sir Ronald Ross
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1857
Year, Death:1932
Profession:lecturer, tropical pathology and therapy
University:University College
City:Liverpool
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1902
 
Motivation:His discovery of the development of the malaria parasite in the body of the mosquito, an observation of immense practical and scientific importance.
 
Nominator:
Name:Lord Joseph Lister
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1827
Year, Death:1912
Profession:prof
City:London
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Comments: Evaluation was made jointly by Carl Sundberg, Ernst Almquist and Ragunda Hammarstrand, and included Ross, Manson, Laveran, Grassi, Bastianelli and Bignami.
 

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