Alastair John Bellingham | |
Birth Date: | 27 March 1938 |
Nationality: | British |
Field: | Hematology |
Work Institutions: | University of Liverpool (1974 - 1984) King's College London (1984 - 1997) |
Alma Mater: | Tiffin Boys' School University College London Hospital Medical School |
Known For: | President of the British Society for Haematology (1992 - 1993) President of the Royal College of Pathologists (1993 - 1996) Chairman of the National Health Service Information Authority (1999 - at least 2004) |
Spouse: | Valerie Jill (Morford) Bellingham (m. 1963 - 1997, her death) Julia Bellingham |
Children: | 3 (James, Richard, and Paul) |
Alastair John Bellingham [1] [2] (27 March 1938 –4 December 2017[3]) was a British haematologist.
Bellingham was born to Stanley Herbert Bellingham and Sybil Mary Milne.[4] He was a graduate of Tiffin Boys' School and University College London Hospital Medical School.[5]
Bellingham did research on red cell abnormalities including sickle-cell disease.[6] From 1974 to 1984 he was at the Department of Haematology, University of Liverpool.[7] Bellingham was also a professor at King's College London, 1984–1997.
He was married to Valerie Jill (Morford) Bellingham (m. 1963–1997, her death) and, secondly, to Julia Bellingham.
Bellingham died on 4 December 2017, aged 79.