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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