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Hamlin, Catherine

LC control no.nb2002032966
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingHamlin, Catherine
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Variant(s)Hamlin, Elinor Catherine, 1924-2020
Associated countryAustralia Ethiopia
Associated placeAddis Ababa (Ethiopia)
Birth date1924-01-24
Death date2020-03-18
Place of birthSydney (N.S.W.)
Field of activityObstetrics Fistula, Vesico-vaginal--Surgery
AffiliationHamlin College of MIdwives
Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital
Profession or occupationObstetricians
Found inThe 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 languageeng