Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro, MD | |
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Born | 1871 |
Died | 2 February 1951 | (aged 79–80)
Occupation(s) | Physician and diplomat |
Title | MD |
Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro, MD ( Goa, 1871 — London, 2 February 1951) was a Portuguese physician and diplomat. [1]
He arrived in Mombasa in May 1889 and later, as Goa was part of the Portuguese Empire, was entitled Vice-Consul of Portugal in Nairobi. [2]
He was Kenya’s first private medical practitioner and the first to diagnose bubonic plague in this country. [3] Curiously, he used to ride a zebra he himself tamed to attend his patients' house calls. [4]
Ribeiro is a recipient of the Order of British Empire for the extent of his benevolent works in Kenya. [5]
Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro, MD | |
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Born | 1871 |
Died | 2 February 1951 | (aged 79–80)
Occupation(s) | Physician and diplomat |
Title | MD |
Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro, MD ( Goa, 1871 — London, 2 February 1951) was a Portuguese physician and diplomat. [1]
He arrived in Mombasa in May 1889 and later, as Goa was part of the Portuguese Empire, was entitled Vice-Consul of Portugal in Nairobi. [2]
He was Kenya’s first private medical practitioner and the first to diagnose bubonic plague in this country. [3] Curiously, he used to ride a zebra he himself tamed to attend his patients' house calls. [4]
Ribeiro is a recipient of the Order of British Empire for the extent of his benevolent works in Kenya. [5]