Ruthven Blackburn Explained

Ruthven Blackburn
Birth Name:	Charles Ruthven Bickerton Blackburn
Birth Date:	7 May 1913
Death Date:	12 April 2016 (aged 102)
Occupation:	Medical Professor
Family:	Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ruthven Bickerton Blackburn (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]

Notes and References

1. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/ART24302/ Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Ruthven Blackburn by Nora Heysen
2. Web site: Blackburn, Charles Ruthven Bickerton . Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive . 12 May 2016.
3. http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/professor-charles-blackburn--a-life-spent-in-service-of-medicine-and-his-country-20160523-gp1q6v.html Professor Ruthven Blackburn - a life spent in service of medicine and his country
4. Blackburn . C.R.B. . 1979 . 7 . A070316b . Blackburn, Sir Charles Bickerton (1874 - 1972) .
5. http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=seorecords&gsfn=Keith&gsln=Garland&msbdy=1917&msbpn__ftp=St+Leonards%2C+New+South+Wales%2C+Australia&msddy=1967&msdpn__ftp=Manly+Dam+Reserve%2C+Manly+Vale%2C+New+South+Wales%2C+Australia&cpxt=0&catBucket=p&uidh=000&cp=0 Keith Garland
6. Web site: College Roll: Woolcock, Ann Janet . The Royal Australasian College of Physicians . C. Jenkins . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140814062016/https://www.racp.edu.au/page/library/college-roll/college-roll-detail%26id%3D225 . 2014-08-14 .
7. Web site: Companion of the Order of Australia . 26 January 2006 . It's an Honour . 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. .
8. http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?pid=179591037 Death Notice