Rosendo Ribeiro
| Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro, MD | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1871 Goa, Portuguese India |
| Residence | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Occupation | Physician and diplomat |
| Title | MD |
Rosendo Ribeiro, MD riding his zebra.
Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro, MD (Goa, 1871 — London, February 2, 1951) was a Portuguese 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.[1]
He was Kenya’s first private medical practitioner and the first to diagnose bubonic plague in this country.[2] Curiously, he used to ride a zebra he himself tamed to attend his patients' house calls.[3]
Ayres Ribeiro is a recipient of the Order of British Empire for the extent of his benevolent works in Kenya.[4]
References
- ↑ The Official Gazette of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya. Volume XXIV, July 19, 1922.
- ↑ City Park Cemetery
- ↑ Goa.com – biographies
- ↑ TRZEBINSKI, Errol. The Kenya Pioneers. Heinemann, 1985. 240 p.
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