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Comment: With his awards, CBE and being a professor in Cambridge (when these were rare) he easily passes WP:NPROF. We don't normally check copyvio at AfC, perhaps someone should (I cannot currently). Ldm1954 (talk) 11:21, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
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Professor Norman Montague Bleehen | |
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| Born | 24 February 1930 |
| Died | 1 February 2008[1] |
| Education | Manchester Grammar School Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School Middlesex Hospital Medical School |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (MA, BSc, MB, BCh) |
| Spouse | Tirza Bleehen (née Loebe) (m. 14 December 1969) |
| Parents |
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Norman Montague Bleehen CBE (24 February 1930 – 1 February 2008) was a British oncologist, radiologist and professor.[2]
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Norman Bleehen was born on 24 February 1930 in Manchester to an Orthodox Jewish family. His father was Soloman Bleehen and his mother was Leana Bleehen (née Shlosberg). He grew up in London and was later educated at Manchester Grammar School and then Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School (now Haberdasher's Boy's School).[3][2][4]
Bleehen studied medicine at Exeter College, Oxford in 1947 and took an extra year to study for a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry. During his time at Oxford, he was also President of the Oxford University Jewish Society.[5] He studied the aspects of insulin for which he was awarded the Gotch Memorial Prize. In 1952, he began clinical training at Middlesex Hospital School and qualified in 1955. In 1957, he was made a Member of the Royal College of Physicians.[3][6]
National service
[edit]In 1957, Bleehen began his national service with the Royal Army Medical Corps. From 1958 to 1959, he worked at Spandau Prison in Allied-occupied Berlin. As Medical Officer there, he was responsible for the Nazi war criminals in the prison. However, as a Jew, he was concerned about taking medical responsibility for the inmates. He consulted his commanding officer about this and was told to do the job that he was assigned to do.[3][2][4][6]
Scientific career
[edit]After being demobilised in 1959, Bleehen rejoined Oxford University's department of Regius professor of medicine. He later specialised in radiotherapy at Middlesex Hospital. That same year, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists. In 1962, he trained under Sir Brian Windeyer as senior registar at Middlesex Hospital.[7] When Windeyer retired in 1969, Bleehen succeeded him as professor of radiotherapy.[4][6][3]
In 1975, he moved to Cambridge as he was invited by the MRC (Medical Research Council) to set up a clinical and research unit at Addenbrooke's Hospital. He was elected the inaugural professor of the newly-created department of clinical oncology at the hospital. Under his direction, the department developed into one of the UK's top academic oncology research units.[4][3][6]
Inside his department, he created a "Cancer Trials Office", which was successful and led to the MRC creating an independent Cancer Trials Unit.[6][3]
From 1977 to 1980, he served as Chairman of the British Association of Cancer Research. In 1987, he became Vice President and was a founding member of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. From 1985 till 1989, he served as President of the International Society of Radiation Oncology.[6][2]
Later life
[edit]Bleehen retired in 1995,[3] and developed lung cancer in 2006.[4] He died on 1 February 2008.[1]
Personal life
[edit]In the summer of 1969, he met Tirza Loebe, a PhD student, while he was doing his research at Middlesex Hospital, and they got married on 14 December 1969.[2][3][6]
Honours
[edit]- Gotch Memorial Prize
- Member of the Royal College of Physicians (1957)[3]
- Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR; 1964)[2]
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP; 1970)[2]
- Honorary Fellow of the American College of Radiologists (1973)[2]
- Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge (1976)[1]
- Emeritus Cancer Research Campaign Professor of Clinical Oncology (1976)[1]
- Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bologna (1990)[3][4]
- Commander of the British Empire (CBE; 1994)[2]
Bibliography
[edit]- Tumours of the Brain (1986)
- Radiology in Radiotherapy (1988)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Professor Norman Bleehen dies, aged 77". St. John's College, Cambridge. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Patricia Ellis; David Williamson, eds. (1989). Debrett's Distinguished People of Today. Debrett's Peerage Limited. ISBN 1870520025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Honess, Davina (26 August 2008). "Norman Bleehen". British Journal of Cancer. 99 (5): 681–682. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604542. PMC 2528144. PMID 18728655.
- ^ a b c d e f "Norman Montague Bleehen". Munk's Roll. Royal College of Physicians. Archived from the original on 19 January 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ^ Davina Honess; Tirza Bleehen (1 March 2009). "Obituary: Professor Norman Montague Bleehen, C.B.E., M.A., B.M., B.Ch., F.R.C.R., F.R.C.P., 1930–2008". International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 73 (3): 648-649. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.09.047.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bleehen, Stanley S (14 June 2008). "Norman Montague Bleehen". British Medical Journal. 336 (7657): 1383.1–1383. doi:10.1136/bmj.a275. PMC 2427098.
- ^ Munk's Roll. Vol. 10. p. 528.
- 1930 births
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- Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
- Anti-smoking activists
- British oncologists
- Deaths from lung cancer in England
- Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge
- Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians
- Fellows of the Royal College of Radiologists
- Health professionals from Manchester
- Jewish British scientists
- Middlesex Hospital
- People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School
- People educated at Manchester Grammar School
- Physicians of Addenbrooke's Hospital
- Regius Professors of Medicine (University of Oxford)
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers