Ruthven Blackburn

AC
Born
Charles Ruthven Bickerton Blackburn

7 May 1913
Died12 April 2016 (aged 102)
OccupationMedical Professor
FamilySir Charles Bickerton Blackburn

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ruthven Bickerton Blackburn AC (7 May 1913 – 12 April 2016) was a professor of medicine at the University of Sydney.[1][2][3]

His father was Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn KCMG, OBE (22 April 1874 – 20 July 1972), an Australian university chancellor and physician.[4]

During World War II Ruthven was Commanding and Senior Physician of the Land Headquarters Medical Research Unit (LHQ, 1MRU), Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC).[1]

In 1940 he married Nell. (Eleanor Freeman 1916–1967.[5]) They had two daughters, Susan Ann and Sandra.[3]

In 1968 he married colleague and distinguished asthma researcher Professor Ann Woolcock AO FAA FRACP (1937–2001). The couple raised two sons, Simon and Angus.[6]

In 2006 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in recognition of his service to the development of academic medicine and medical education in Australia.[1][7]

He died on 12 April 2016, just short of his 103rd birthday.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Ruthven Blackburn by Nora Heysen, September 1945, www.awm.gov.au
  2. ↑ "Blackburn, Charles Ruthven Bickerton". Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 Professor Ruthven Blackburn - a life spent in service of medicine and his country, 27 May 2016, Sydnet Morning Herald.
  4. ↑ Blackburn, C.R.B. (1979). "Blackburn, Sir Charles Bickerton (1874 - 1972)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 7. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538.
  5. ↑ Keith Garland, ancestry.com.au
  6. ↑ C. Jenkins. "College Roll: Woolcock, Ann Janet". The Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Companion of the Order of Australia". It's an Honour. 26 January 2006. For service to the development of academic medicine and medical education in Australia, particularly in relation to the evolving relationship between research and clinical practice, and as a mentor influencing the professional development of a generation of leading health care professionals. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. ↑ Death Notice, 13 April 2016, The Sydney Morning Herald.


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