Ronald Ross

Sir Ronald Ross was a British medical doctor who is known for his pioneering work in discovering the malaria parasite in the Anopheles mosquito. This crucial discovery laid the foundation for combating malaria. His work earned him the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902. Although primarily a doctor, Ross also wrote numerous poems and plays. He passed away in 1932.

May 13, 1857

September 16, 1932

English

Ronald Ross

Hesperus

Ah whither dost thou float, sweet silent star,
In yonder floods of evening's dying light?
Before the fanning wings of rising night,
Methinks thy silvery bark is driven far
To some lone isle or calmly havened shore,
Where the lorn eye of man can follow thee no more.

How many a one hath watched thee even as I,
And unto thee and thy receding ray
Poured forth his thoughts with many a treasured sigh
Too sweet and strange for the remorseless day;
But thou hast gone and left unto their sight
Too great a host of stars, and yet too black a night.

E'en as I gaze upon thee, thy bright form
Doth sail away among the cloudy isles
Around whose shores the sea of sunlight smiles.
On thee may break no black and boisterous storm
To turn the tenour of thy calm career....

Ronald Ross