36 moments

1. Birth at Almora

   1857-05-13 · Almora, Uttarakhand, India

   

   Ronald Ross was born in Almora in the North-Western Provinces of British India.

2. Sent to live on the Isle of Wight

   1865-01-01 · Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom

   

   As a child, Ross was sent from India to England to live with his aunt and uncle on the Isle of Wight. The source gives Ross's age rather than an exact date; 1865 is the year in which he turned eight.

3. Boarding school at Springhill

   1869-01-01 · Springhill, near Southampton, England, United Kingdom

   

   Ross attended a boarding school at Springhill near Southampton for his secondary education. Coordinates are a representative point near Southampton; the historical school site's exact location is not established by the source.

4. Medical student at St Bartholomew's

   1874-01-01 · St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London, England, United Kingdom

   

   Ross enrolled at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in London, beginning his medical training.

5. Acting Garrison Surgeon at Bangalore

   1883-01-01 · Bangalore, Karnataka, India

   

   While posted at Bangalore as Acting Garrison Surgeon, Ross considered controlling mosquitoes by restricting their access to water.

6. Home leave in London

   1894-03-01 · London, England, United Kingdom

   

   Ross took home leave from Indian Medical Service duties and travelled to London with his family.

7. First meeting with Patrick Manson

   1894-04-10 · London, England, United Kingdom

   

   During his London home leave, Ross first met Patrick Manson, who became his mentor in malaria research. The meeting location is established as London by the immediately preceding sentence in the same source passage.

8. Malaria work at Bombay Civil Hospital

   1895-01-01 · Bombay Civil Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

   

   Ross sought malarial patients and began making blood films at Bombay Civil Hospital shortly after returning to India. The source does not provide a more precise date for this Bombay visit.

9. Return and landing at Secunderabad

   1895-04-24 · Secunderabad, Telangana, India

   Ross returned to India aboard the Ballaarat and landed at Secunderabad, resuming malaria investigations.

10. Cholera investigation at Bangalore

    1895-05-01 · Bangalore, Karnataka, India

    

    Ross was deployed to Bangalore to investigate a cholera outbreak, interrupting his malaria research. The preceding sentence dates the episode to May 1895.

11. Visit to Sigur Ghat

    1896-04-01 · Sigur Ghat, Tamil Nadu, India

    

    Ross visited Sigur Ghat near Ooty and observed a distinctively resting mosquito he called the “dappled-winged” mosquito. The year follows the article's immediate chronology between the May 1895 episode and the explicitly dated May 1896 leave.

12. Malaria leave around Ooty

    1896-05-01 · Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India

    

    Ross used a short leave to visit the malaria-endemic region around Ooty; he soon contracted severe malaria.

13. Transfer back to Secunderabad

    1896-06-01 · Secunderabad, Telangana, India

    Following his illness after the Ooty-area visit, Ross was transferred to Secunderabad. The year is established by the immediately preceding May 1896 chronology.

14. Posting to Kherwara

    1897-01-01 · Kherwara, Rajasthan, India

    

    After Bombay, Ross was sent to the malaria-free station of Kherwara in Rajputana, a posting he regarded as detrimental to his research. The source gives September 1897 for the preceding Bombay transfer but does not date the subsequent Kherwara posting more precisely.

15. Mosquito discovery at Begumpet laboratory

    1897-08-20 · Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Parasitology, Begumpet, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

    

    At his Secunderabad laboratory in Begumpet, Ross made the discovery associated with mosquito transmission of malaria. The source identifies the historical building in present-day Begumpet; coordinates represent that heritage-site area.

16. Transfer to Bombay

    1897-09-01 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    

    Ross was transferred to Bombay shortly after his 1897 mosquito work at Secunderabad.

17. Mosquito research at Mahanad

    1898-01-01 · Mahanad, West Bengal, India

    

    Ross maintained a bungalow laboratory at Mahanad village, staying there periodically to collect mosquitoes. The statement occurs in the account of his 1898 Calcutta assignment; individual stays are not dated.

18. Arrival at Presidency General Hospital

    1898-02-17 · Presidency General Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    

    Ross arrived in Calcutta to undertake special-duty research at Presidency General Hospital.

19. Kala-azar investigation in southern Assam

    1898-09-01 · Southern Assam, India

    

    Ross travelled to southern Assam to investigate an epidemic of visceral leishmaniasis at the invitation of the Labac Tea Estate Hospital's second medical officer. Coordinates are a representative point for southern Assam because the source does not specify a settlement or exact estate location.

20. Joined Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

    1899-01-01 · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

    

    After resigning from Indian Medical Service, Ross went to England and joined the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine as a lecturer.

21. Malaria investigation at Ismailia

    1902-09-01 · Ismailia, Egypt

    

    Ross travelled to Ismailia to investigate malaria for the Suez Canal company.

22. At New York before Panama voyage

    1904-09-27 · New York Harbor, New York, United States

    

    Ross was photographed aboard the S.S. Advance at New York while beginning his journey to Panama. Coordinates represent the New York harbor waterfront; the precise berth is not specified.

23. Panama inspection visit

    1904-10-04 · Panama, Panama

    

    Ross made a visit to Panama during his 1904 American journey, connected with malaria and sanitation work. The archival description establishes a Panama visit but not a specific locality; coordinates are a representative national point.

24. Arrival in Athens for malaria advice

    1906-05-25 · Athens, Greece

    

    Ross arrived in Athens during a Greek advisory mission on malaria eradication.

25. Field visit to the Copaic Plain

    1906-05-28 · Copaic Plain, Boeotia, Greece

    

    Ross travelled by train to the Copaic Plain during his malaria-eradication advisory work in Greece. Coordinates represent the former Lake Copais basin.

26. Residence and field work at Vacoas

    1907-01-01 · Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius

    

    During his Mauritius mission, Ross lived in Vacoas and spent three months visiting sites, examining mosquitoes, and organizing preventive measures. The residence began during the 1907–1908 mission; the source does not specify its exact start date.

27. Arrival in Mauritius

    1907-11-23 · Port Louis, Mauritius

    

    Ross arrived in Mauritius for an anti-malaria mission requested by planters and officials. The arrival was at Mauritius; Port Louis is used because the account states that on arrival he was taken to Government House there.

28. Medical visit to Brussels

    1909-01-01 · Brussels, Belgium

    

    Ross visited Brussels to treat Baron Dhannis after being asked to go by Sir Alfred Lewis Jones. The archive record dates the visit to 1909 without greater precision.

29. Nobel anniversary visit to Stockholm

    1910-12-01 · Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    

    Ross visited Stockholm to attend the tenth-anniversary Nobel celebration and receive an honorary medical doctorate from the Karolinska Institutet.

30. Advisory visit to New Centenillo Mines

    1913-03-01 · New Centenillo Mines, near Linares, Andalusia, Spain

    

    Ross travelled to the New Centenillo Silver and Lead Mines to advise the medical staff on Mediterranean fever cases. Coordinates are a representative point near Linares; the archival account identifies the mine district rather than a surveyed historical mine coordinate.

31. Madrid stop on European expedition

    1913-03-01 · Madrid, Spain

    

    Ross spent several days in Madrid while travelling through Europe on malaria and medical advisory work. The source does not give Ross's precise arrival date in Madrid.

32. Malaria advisory visit to Cyprus

    1913-03-20 · Cyprus

    

    Ross travelled to Cyprus at the High Commissioner's request to advise on malaria. Coordinates are a representative point in Nicosia because the source does not specify the localities visited on Cyprus.

33. Transit through Egypt

    1913-04-17 · Egypt

    

    Ross departed Cyprus for Egypt during his 1913 European malaria-advisory expedition. The source establishes travel to Egypt but gives no city; coordinates are a representative national point.

34. Return to Copais

    1913-04-25 · Copaic Plain, Boeotia, Greece

    

    Ross revisited Copais in Greece while continuing his 1913 advisory expedition. “Copias” in the archive description is rendered as Copais; coordinates represent the former Lake Copais basin.

35. Memorial unveiling in Calcutta

    1927-01-07 · SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    

    Ross returned to Calcutta and personally unveiled a memorial to his malaria discovery at the former Presidency General Hospital. The source identifies the memorial as being on the walls of SSKM Hospital, formerly Presidency General Hospital.

36. Death in London

    1932-09-16 · London, England, United Kingdom

    

    Ross died in London after a long illness and an asthma attack, at the hospital bearing his name. The source's biographical text adds that he died at the hospital of his namesake, but does not provide a more precise death-site address.