Ronald Ross (other)
Ronald Ross may refer to: * Ronald Ross (1857–1932), English physician and Nobel laureate; discoverer of the malaria parasite * Sir Ronald Ross, 2nd Baronet (1888–1968), Irish politician; Ulster Unionist Northern Irish Member of Parliament * Ronald Ross (basketball) (born 1983), American professional basketball player * Ronald Ross (shinty player) (born 1975), Scottish sportsman; shinty player for Kingussie * Ronnie Ross (1933–1991), British jazz baritone saxophonist * Ronald J. Ross Ronald J. Ross is a Cleveland, Ohio radiologist known for research on brain injury in professional and amateur boxers and for the first clinical use of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR later known as MRI) on human patients. Ross is also cred ...

Ronald Ross
Sir Ronald Ross (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932) was a British medical doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate, and the first born outside Europe. His discovery of the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of a mosquito in 1897 proved that malaria was transmitted by mosquitoes, and laid the foundation for the method of combating the disease. Ross was a polymath, writing a number of poems, published several novels, and composed songs. He was also an amateur artist and mathematician. He worked in the Indian Medical Service for 25 years. It was during his service that he made the groundbreaking medical discovery. After resigning from his service in India, he joined the faculty of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and continued as Professor and Chairman of Tropical Medicine of the institute for 10 years. In 1926, he became Director-in-Chief of ...
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Sir Ronald Ross, 2nd Baronet
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ronald Deane Ross, 2nd Baronet (13 July 1888 – 31 January 1958) was an Ulster Unionist Northern Irish Member of Parliament (MP). He was the only son of Sir John Ross, 1st Baronet, the last judge to hold the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Katherine Mary Jeffcock. He succeeded to the title on his father's death in 1935. Military career Ross was commissioned into the North Irish Horse on 21 June 1907 as a second lieutenant, and was promoted to lieutenant on 23 April 1912. He served in the First World War with the North Irish Horse. He was promoted to captain on 12 December 1914, and later to major. He was awarded the Military Cross. He resigned his commission in 1938, but rejoined his regiment in 1939 and served in the Second World War, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He transferred to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1947 and retired in 1950. Ross is best remembered as The 'One Man Regiment' from 1934 to 1938, when he was the s ...
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Ronald Ross (basketball)
Ronald Ross (born February 11, 1983) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach. He played internationally for a number of years but he is best known for his collegiate career at Texas Tech University. Playing career High school A native of the Southwest, Ross starred at Hobbs High School in Hobbs, New Mexico. He was an integral part of three consecutive state championships from 1999 to 2001, including an undefeated campaign as a sophomore in 1998–99 (27–0). Hobbs High School won the 1999 and 2001 state championships at the University of New Mexico's famous home court, The Pit. And while Ross performed well throughout his prep career – having been named ''USA Todays New Mexico State Player of the Year as a senior – he found himself without any four-year college scholarship offers. In one game that season he recorded 38 points, 8 steals, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 dunks. College Ross decided to walk on to the Texas Tech basketball team as a fres ...
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Ronald Ross (shinty Player)
Ronald Ross, MBE (born 1975) is a retired Scottish shinty player who played for Kingussie Camanachd. He is a forward, the only man to have ever scored more than 1000 goals in the sport and who has broken several other records as an individual and as part of Kingussie's record-breaking first team. The media has awarded him the nickname "Ronaldo of the Glens" in tribute to his scoring prowess, drawing comparisons with the famous Portuguese footballer. Everyone in shinty just calls him "Ronald". Early playing career and prime Ross made his first Camanachd Cup appearance in 1992 against Fort William as a substitute. His father, Ian Ross, was manager that day, and had not put him in the team due to worries about nepotism. However, Ross soon began to prove his worth throughout the nineties as Kingussie swept all before them. In 2002–03, the last ever winter season for shinty, he scored 94 goals in all competitions. This was more than the accumulated totals for Kingussie's closes ...
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Ronnie Ross
Albert Ronald Ross (2 October 1933 – 12 December 1991) was a British jazz baritone saxophonist. Life Born in Calcutta, India, to Scottish parents, Ross moved to England in 1946 and was educated at the Perse School in Cambridge. He began playing tenor saxophone in the 1950s with Tony Kinsey, Ted Heath, and Don Rendell. During his tenure with Rendell, he switched to baritone saxophone. He played at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958, and formed a group called the Jazz Makers with drummer Allan Ganley that same year. He toured the United States in 1959 and Europe later that year with the Modern Jazz Quartet. From 1961 to 1965 he played with Bill Le Sage, and later with Woody Herman, John Dankworth, Friedrich Gulda, and Clark Terry. Ross was a saxophone tutor for a young David Bowie, played baritone saxophone on The Beatles' ''White Album'' track, "Savoy Truffle", and four years later was the baritone sax soloist on the Lou Reed song " Walk on the Wild Side", which was c ...
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