Robert Benedict Bourdillon

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Robert Benedict Bourdillon
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine, chemistry
InstitutionsIntelligence Corps, Royal Flying Corps, University College, Oxford, St Mary's Hospital, National Institute for Medical Research, Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Robert Benedict Bourdillon

CBE MC AFC DM (8 September 1889 – 3 March 1971) was a British World War I pilot and medical researcher.[1][2]

Early life

Born in

Balliol College
.

At Oxford, he was a founder member of the

Natural Science. He then went to St Mary's Hospital, London, for further study. After this, he returned to Oxford and became a tutor at University College
.

World War I

Robert Bourdillon left

Second Lieutenant
.

On 29 October 1915, Bourdillon received an

phosphorus bomb.[4]

In early 1917, Bourdillon trained further as a pilot and gained his "

Flight Commander
.

On 27 July 1917, Bourdillon led five aircraft from

Birthday Honours List
for his work on bombsight development.

Later career

After

BCh degrees. During 1925–1926, he was House Physician and then Assistant at the St Mary's Hospital Medical Unit in London. During 1925–1946, he was based at the National Institute for Medical Research, Hampstead, north London. In 1935, he became a Doctor of Medicine. During 1946–1954, he was Director of the Stoke Mandeville
Electro-Medical Research Unit.

Bourdillon was a member the

Eugenics Society and produced several papers on Vitamin D research.[5]

Selected publications

Personal life

Robert Bourdillon married Harriett Ada (née Barnes) on 18 July 1922 at

mountaineer. Robert and Tom Bourdillon, together with Griffith Pugh, developed the oxygen equipment used for the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
, of which Tom Bourdillon was a member.

On 13 June 1946, Robert Bourdillon was made a

Birthday Honours List. He died in 1971 at Ganges, British Columbia in Canada
.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Captain Robert Benedict Bourdillon MC AFC". www.hambo.org. Hazelwood School. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Bourdillon, Robert Benedict (1889–1971), pilot and scientist". UK: The National Archives. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Robert Benedict Bourdillon". www.geni.com. GENi. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Tag Archives: Robert Benedict Bourdillon". The British At War in the Air 1914–1918. WordPress. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. hdl:2027/coo.31924003690991
    .
  6. Abe Books
    . Retrieved 10 August 2018.
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