Bruce Chown[pronunciation?]OC MC FRSC (/t͡ʃaʊn/; November 10, 1893 – July 3, 1986) was a Canadian medical doctor who researched the blood factor known as the Rhesus factor and discovered an Rh immune vaccine, Rh gamma globulin, which helps to prevent Erythroblastosis fetalis.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the son of Havelock Chown and Katherine (Farrell) Chown, he received a B.A. from McGill University in 1914. During World War I, he served in the 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 Order of Canada. In 1968, he received 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.
^"1995 Inductee, Bruce Chown, MD". Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
BruceChown[pronunciation?] OC MC FRSC (/t͡ʃaʊn/; November 10, 1893 – July 3, 1986) was a Canadian medical doctor who researched the blood factor known...
Brenda Milner Robert Laing Noble Louis Siminovitch Henry J. M. Barnett BruceChown Herbert Jasper Charles Philippe Leblond William Thorton Mustard Robert...
Harold Copp, Iain Macintyre, Peter Joseph Moloney, J. Fraser Mustard 1968 BruceChown, James L. Gowans, George H. Hitchings, Jacques Oudin [de], J. Edwin Seegmiller...
such as celebrated lawyer Isaac Pitblado and Rh blood specialist Dr. BruceChown. The first table rappings and table tiltings of “Elizabeth M,” as Mrs...
Clinic. In 1957 J. M. Bowman began working as a part-time associate with BruceChown and Marion Lewis at Winnipeg's Rh Laboratory and as a part-time member...
Vincent J. Freda, John G. Gorman, William Pollack 1970 Jean Dausset 1971 BruceChown, Marion Lewis 1972 Richard E. Rosenfield 1973 Arthur E. Mourant 1974...
funding programs. Frederick Banting Charles Best Wilfred Gordon Bigelow BruceChown Michel Chrétien Adolfo J. de Bold John Dirks Wilbur R. Franks Clarke...
technician at Winnipeg General Hospital. In 1944, the pediatric pathologist BruceChown, assisted by Lewis, opened the Rh Laboratory in Winnipeg to study and...
want the name to sound similar to the Amazing Rhythm Aces. In 1971 Randle Chowning formed a band which included himself, Steve Cash, John Dillon, Elizabeth...
"Extendicare Investors". Retrieved August 5, 2019. Wallace, Kenyon; Tubb, Ed; Chown, Marco (December 26, 2020). "Nursing home chains made big payouts to investors...
Bruce Alan Borders is the current State Representative for the 45th District in the Indiana House of Representatives. He is also a former mayor of the...
Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2014. Chown, Jeffrey (May 1988). Hollywood auteur: Francis Coppola. Praeger Publishers...
Bibcode:2002PoBio..25...90S. doi:10.1007/s003000100316. S2CID 22448763. Frenot, Y.; Chown, S. L.; Whinam, J.; Selkirk, P. M.; Convey, P.; Skotnicki, M.; Bergstrom...
doi:10.1177/1362361318778286. ISSN 1362-3613. PMID 29848001. S2CID 44086997. Chown, Nicholas (2014-11-26). "More on the ontological status of autism and double...
Astronomical Society: 419–421. Bibcode:1965ApJ...142..419P. doi:10.1086/148307. Chown, Marcus (September 29, 1988). "A Cosmic Relic in Three Degrees". New Scientist...
Castro Payuyo-Stinstrom, joined 1976. Simultaneously with Pesnyary Avril Chown, joined 1976[citation needed] Nanette Florian, joined 1977 William Florian...
Michael Lavell (1825–1901) was a member of the congregation. Samuel Dwight Chown (1853–1933), later head of the Methodist Church when the United Church was...
Cavalry lieutenants William Jones Nicholson, George D. Wallace, and John Chowning Gresham, which led to Benteen officially commending them in his written...
classmates included Steve Reich and Stanford University cross-registrant John Chowning. While volunteering for KPFA as a recording engineer during this period...
British poet and holder of the honour of poet laureate from 1913 Marcus Chown – British science writer, journalist and broadcaster, cosmology consultant...
Global Information