Background
Hendrickse, Ralph George was born on November 5, 1926 in Cape Town, South Africa. Son of William George and Johanna Theresa (Dennis) Hendrickse.
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Ralph George Hendrickse
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Bachelor of Medicine, BChir, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1948. Doctor of Medicine, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1957. Doctor of Science in Medicine (honorary), University Cape Town, South Africa, 1998.
Career
Staff member, McCord Zulu Hospital, Durban, South Africa, 1949-1954;
senior registrar, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1955-1957;
lecturer, senior lecturer, U. Ibadan, 1957-1962;
professor, head department pediatrics, U. Ibadan, 1962-1969;
director Institute Child Health, U. Ibadan, 1964-1969;
professor tropical pediatrics and international child health, U. Liverpool, England, 1969-1991;
dean School of Tropical Medicine, U. Liverpool, England, 1988-1991;
retired, professor emeritus, U. Liverpool, England, since 1991. Consultant to Federal Ministry Health, Nigeria, 1965-1969. Founder, life member, former vice president Paediatric Association of Nigeria, since 1969.
Member Tropical Medicine Board of the Medical Research Council of United Kingdom, 1977-1981.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (member county 1978-1980, 85-87), Royal College Physicians (Edinburgh, London, Frederick Murgatroyd Memorial prize 1970), Royal College Pediat. and Child Health (honorary founder 1996). Member British Pediat. Association (member academic board 1983-1986, Heinz fellow 1961, honorary membership in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Pediat. and Child Health award 1995), International Pediat.
Association (advisory expert on tropical pediatrics since 1986).
Interests
Connections
Married Begum Abdurahman. 5 children.
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Nationality
South African
Education
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1948
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1957
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1998