Title MD Name Rosendo Ribeiro | ||
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Died 1951, London, United Kingdom | ||
Occupation Physician and diplomat | ||
Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro, MD (Goa, 1871 — London, February 2, 1951) was a Goan and British physician and diplomat.
Career
He arrived in Mombasa in February 1900 and later — as Goa was part of the Portuguese Empire — was entitled Vice-Consul of Portugal in Nairobi.
He was Kenya’s first private medical practitioner and the first to diagnose bubonic plague in this country. Curiously, he used to ride a zebra he himself tamed to attend his patients' house calls.
Ayres Ribeiro is a recipient of the Order of British Empire for the extent of his benevolent works in Kenya.
References
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