Alastair Bellingham

Alastair John Bellingham (27 March 1938 – 4 December 2017 ) was a British haematologist.

Early life and education Bellingham was born in 1938 to Stanley Herbert Bellingham and Sybil Mary Milne. He was a graduate of Tiffin Boys' School and University College London Hospital Medical School.

Career Bellingham did research on red cell abnormalities including sickle-cell disease. From 1974 to 1984 he was at the Department of Haematology, University of Liverpool. Bellingham was also a professor at King's College London, 1984–1997.

Personal life He was married to Valerie Jill (Morford) Bellingham (m. 1963–1997, her death) and to Julia Bellingham.

Death Bellingham died on 4 December 2017, aged 79.

Honors and awards President of the British Society for Haematology (1992–1993) President of the Royal College of Pathologists (1993–1996) Chairman of the National Health Service Information Authority (1999 – at least 2004) CBE FRCP FRCPE FRCPGlas FRCPath