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Residence
  
Nairobi, Kenya


Title
  
MD

Name
  
Rosendo Ribeiro

Rosendo Ribeiro

Born
  
1871
Goa, Portuguese India

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

Rosendo Ribeiro Wikipedia