Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1902
Number:58 - 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 work in relation to the parasites of malaria, and the practical applications of these and other researches to the actual prevention of malarial fevers and of other diseaeses conveyed by mosquitos.
 
Nominator:
Name:W S Greenfield
Gender:M
Profession:prof pathology
University:University of Edinburgh
City:Edinburgh
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Comments: Evaluation was made jointly by Carl Sundberg and Ernst Almquist, and included B. Grassi and R. Koch as well as R. Ross.