Alastair Bellingham

Alastair John Bellingham CBE FRCP FRCPE FRCPGlas FRCPath[1][2] (27 March 1938 –4 December 2017[3]) was a British haematologist.

Alastair John Bellingham
Born(1938-03-27)27 March 1938
Died4 December 2017(2017-12-04) (aged 79)
NationalityBritish
Alma materTiffin Boys' School
University College London Hospital Medical School
Known forPresident 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(s)Valerie Jill (Morford) Bellingham (m. 1963–1997, her death)
Julia Bellingham (m. ?–?)
ChildrenJames, Richard, and Paul
Scientific career
FieldsHematology
InstitutionsUniversity of Liverpool (1974–1984)
King's College London (1984–1997)

Early life and education

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]

Career

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.

Personal life

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

Death

Bellingham died on 4 December 2017.

Honors and awards
  • President of the British Society for Haematology (1992–1993)
  • President of the Royal College of Pathologists (1993–1996)[8]
  • Chairman of the National Health Service Information Authority (1999–at least 2004)
  • CBE
  • FRCP
  • FRCPE
  • FRCPGlas
  • FRCPath

References
  1. New Year Honours List
  2. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
  3. PROF. ALASTAIR JOHN BELLINGHAM CBE
  4. 'BELLINGHAM, Prof. Alastair John’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011; online edn, Nov 2011 accessed 22 Feb 2012
  5. 'BELLINGHAM, Prof. Alastair John’, The International Who's Who 2004
  6. Tucaresol increases oxygen affinity and reduces haemolysis in subjects with sickle cell anaemia
  7. The effects of therapeutic dialysis and renal transplantation on uraemic serum inhibitors of erythropoiesis in vitro
  8. "Royal College of Pathologists". 23 May 1993.
Educational offices
Preceded by
Sir Peter Lachmann		 President of the Royal College of Pathologists
1993 – 1996		 Succeeded by
Sir Roderick MacSween
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