Rosendo Ribeiro
Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro, MD | |
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 Ribeiro riding his zebra | |
| Born | 1871 |
| Died | 2 February 1951 (aged 79â80) |
| Occupation(s) | Physician and diplomat |
| Title | MD |
Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro, MD (Goa, 1871 â London, 2 February 1951) was a Portuguese physician and diplomat.[1]
Career
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 Kenyaâs first private medical practitioner and the first to diagnose bubonic plague in this country.[3] Curiously, he used to ride a zebra he 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]
References
- ^ Reporter, Nairobian. "Did you know? Kenya's first private doctor visited patients on a Zebra". Standard Digital News. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
- ^ The Official Gazette of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya. Volume XXIV, July 19, 1922.
- ^ City Park Cemetery
- ^ Goa.com â biographies
- ^ TRZEBINSKI, Errol. The Kenya Pioneers. Heinemann, 1985. 240 p.