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]
Ruthven Blackburn | |
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| Born | Charles Ruthven Bickerton Blackburn 7 May 1913 |
| Died | 12 April 2016 (aged 102) |
| Occupation | Medical Professor |
| Family | Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn |
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]