Alastair John Bellingham (27 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was a British haematologist.

Early life and education

Bellingham was born in 1938 to Stanley Herbert Bellingham and Sybil Mary Milne. He was a graduate of Tiffin Boys' School and University College London Hospital Medical School.

Career

Bellingham did research on

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abnormalities including

sickle-cell disease Sickle cell disease (SCD), also simply called sickle cell, is a group of inherited haemoglobin-related blood disorders. The most common type is known as sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying ...

. From 1974 to 1984 he was at the Department of Haematology, University of Liverpool. Bellingham was also a professor at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

, 1984–1997.

Personal life

He was married to Valerie Jill (Morford) Bellingham (m. 1963–1997, her death) and to Julia Bellingham.

Death

Bellingham died on 4 December 2017, aged 79.

Honors and awards

* 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) * CBE * FRCP * FRCPE * FRCPGlas * FRCPath

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bellingham, Alastair 1938 births 2017 deaths People educated at Tiffin School Alumni of the UCL Medical School British pathologists British haematologists Academics of the University of Liverpool Academics of King's College London Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Presidents of the British Society for Haematology