About Ralph Hendrickse
Lived 1926 – 2010 (aged 84). Ralph Hendrickse was a pediatrician.
Ralph George Hendrickse FRCP, FRCPE (1926–2010) was a South African physician, specialising in tropical paediatric medicine.
Hendrickse was born in Cape Town on 5 November 1926, the son of Johanna Theresa Hendrickse née Dennis, and William George Hendrickse, a schoolteacher, and – being of mixed race – raised in the segregated ghetto of Wynberg.
He graduated from the University of Cape Town, becoming senior registrar at the University College Hospital at Ibadan, Nigeria, as in 1955.
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Who was Ralph Hendrickse?
tropical paediatrician
When was Ralph Hendrickse born?
Ralph Hendrickse was born on 17 January 1926.
When did Ralph Hendrickse die?
Ralph Hendrickse died on 17 January 2010.
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Ralph Hendrickse was a pediatrician.
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Ralph Hendrickse's recorded nationality: South African people.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ralph Hendrickse. https://biography.guide/ralph-hendrickse/
MLA: "Ralph Hendrickse." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ralph-hendrickse/.
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