Sanger, Ruth Ann (1918–2001)

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Sanger, Ruth Ann (1918–2001)

Australian hematologist. Born June 6, 1918, in Southport, Queensland, Australia; died June 4, 2001, in UK; University of Sydney, BS, 1939, and University of London, PhD, 1948; m. Dr. Robert Russell Race, 1956 (died 1984).

Noted for work in hematology, was a scientific staff member of Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service in Sydney (1940–46); worked for the Blood Group Unit at the Medical Research Council (MRC, 1946–73) and later served as its director (1973–83); elected fellow of Royal Society (1972); with Dr. Robert Race, wrote Blood Groups in Man (1950), which went through many editions and helped make transfusions safer.

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