| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1901 | 
| Number: | 5 - 0 | 
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| Nominee: 
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| Name: | 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 | 
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| Motivation: | His discovery of the development of the malaria parasite in the body of the mosquito, an observation of immense practical and scientific importance. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Joseph  Lister (Lord) | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1827 | 
| Year, Death: | 1912 | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| City: | London | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
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| 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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