LC control no. | nb2002032966 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Hamlin, Catherine |
Variant(s) | Hamlin, Elinor Catherine, 1924-2020 |
Associated country | Australia Ethiopia |
Associated place | Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) |
Birth date | 1924-01-24 |
Death date | 2020-03-18 |
Place of birth | Sydney (N.S.W.) |
Field of activity | Obstetrics Fistula, Vesico-vaginal--Surgery |
Affiliation | Hamlin College of MIdwives Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital |
Profession or occupation | Obstetricians |
Found in | The hospital by the river, 2001: t.p. (Dr. Catherine Hamlin) Guardian WWW site, viewed April 28, 2020 (Catherine Hamlin; Elinor Catherine Hamlin, obstetrician, born 24 January 1924, Sydney, Australia; died 18 March 2020; first arrived in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, in the late 1950s; treated obstetric fistulae, first at a general government hospital, then at a small hospital built by herself and her husband, Reg, and eventually through a national network of six hospitals, 80 midwifery clinics, the Hamlin College of Midwives, and a rehabilitation centre; associated with Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital) |
Associated language | eng |