Ben Haneman was an Australian physician and book collector.
11 Facts About Ben Haneman
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Ben Haneman was born Benedetto Haneman in Florence, Italy on 13 February 1923.
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Ben Haneman attended Canterbury Boys' High School and then the University of Sydney where he graduated in medicine.
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Ben Haneman later became warden in clinical studies at the same hospital and was a "mentor" to generations of medical students.
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Ben Haneman was a long-time member of the Doctors Reform Society of Australia.
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Ben Haneman was interested in the history of medicine and became the Australian president of the History of Medicine Society.
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Ben Haneman was a committed member of the Jewish community in Australia and served both as the "chairman of the Social Justice Committee of the Jewish Board of Deputies" and as a "member of the Great Synagogue Library Committee" in Sydney.
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Ben Haneman was a supporter of the Spanish community in Australia, and was a long-standing member of the Hispanic Society and the Spanish Cultural Society.
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Ben Haneman was an honorary professor in the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain.
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Ben Haneman died on 18 December 2001 in Darlinghurst, New South Wales following a fall the day before in the State Library.
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Ben Haneman was survived by his two sons, his two daughters-in-law and his four grandchildren.