Ruthven Blackburn

Not to be confused with his father, Charles Bickerton Blackburn.

Charles Ruthven Bickerton Blackburn (7 May 1913 – 12 April 2016) was an Australian physician who was a professor of medicine at the University of Sydney.^[1][2][3]

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

The son of Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn (22 April 1874 – 20 July 1972), an Australian university chancellor and physician,^[4] during World War II Ruthven Blackburn was Commanding and Senior Physician of the Land Headquarters Medical Research Unit (LHQ, 1MRU), Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC).^[1]

In 1940, he married Eleanor Freeman (1916–1967);^[5] they had two daughters, Susan Ann and Sandra.^[3] In 1968, he married colleague and asthma researcher Ann Woolcock (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]

Blackburn died on 12 April 2016, aged 102.^[8]