Bruce Chown
Bruce Chown | |
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| Born | October 10, 1893 Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Died | July 3, 1986 (aged 92) |
| Awards | Order of Canada |
Bruce Chown[Erythroblastosis fetalis.
Born in
Canadian Field Artillery and received the Military Cross. After the war, he received his medical degree from the University of Manitoba in 1922. He completed his postgraduate work in pediatrics at Babies' Hospital, Columbia University (1922–1923); Harriet Lane Home, Johns Hopkins University; and Nursery and Child's Hospital, Cornell University (1925–1926), becoming one of only a few trained pediatricians in Canada and the only one in Manitoba
.
From 1926 to 1977, he was on the staff of the University of Manitoba. From 1944 to 1977, he was the director of the Rh Laboratory in Winnipeg.
In 1967, he was made an Officer of the
Gairdner Foundation International Award. In 1970, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1995, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.[1]
In 1922, he married Gladys Webb. They had four children.
References
- ^ "1995 Inductee, Bruce Chown, MD". Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
- "Bruce Chown". University of Manitoba. Retrieved July 31, 2005.
- "Memorable Manitobans: Henry Bruce Chown (1893–1986)". Manitoba Historical Society. 31 March 2017.