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Plaque

Sir Ronald Ross

Inscription

Greater London Council
Sir Ronald Ross, 1857 - 1932, Nobel Laureate, discoverer of the mosquito transmission of malaria, lived here.

Site: Ross & Dallos (2 memorials)

W1, Cavendish Square, 18, Cavendish House

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Sir Ronald Ross

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Sir Ronald Ross

Born Almora, India. Died London, Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med...

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Sir Ronald Ross

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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Josef Dallos

Josef Dallos

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