Jean Littlejohn joined the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne, Australia and maintained a long association with the hospital until her retirement in 1974.
12 Facts About Jean Littlejohn
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Jean Littlejohn was born on 3 April 1899 in Nelson, New Zealand, the youngest of the five children of Scottish-born William Still Littlejohn and Jean.
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The family moved to Melbourne in 1904 when William Littlejohn was appointed headmaster of Scotch College.
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Jean Littlejohn was educated at Scotch College's sister school, Presbyterian Ladies' College, where she found both academic and sporting success.
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Jean Littlejohn began private practice in 1924 while continuing to work at the Eye and Ear Hospital, where she was promoted successively to the positions of assistant surgeon in 1929, honorary aural surgeon in the same year, and senior surgeon in 1933.
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Jean Littlejohn was drawn to the new field of ear, nose, and throat surgery, which was developing rapidly at this time along with technological advances that enabled more precise surgical investigation and treatment of these areas.
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The University of Melbourne began offering qualifications in otolaryngology in 1930, and Jean Littlejohn was the first recipient of the university's Diploma of Otolaryngology, in 1933.
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Jean Littlejohn was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1935.
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In 1948 Jean Littlejohn established the Eye and Ear Hospital's Infant Deafness Investigation Clinic, and in the 1970s she advised the State of Victoria on establishing postgraduate audiology training in Australia.
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Jean Littlejohn was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1962 for services to the Deaf in Victoria, and a Commander of the Order in 1975 for services to medicine.
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Jean Littlejohn lived with her companion, the bookseller Margareta Webber, for over fifty years.
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In collaboration with Webber, Jean Littlejohn founded the Soroptimist Club of Melbourne in 1948.