Dr. John Billings, KCSG AM (5 March 1918 – 1 April 2007) was an Australian doctor who pioneered the natural method of family planning known variously as the Billings Ovulation Method, the Ovulation Method, or the Billings Method. John Billings was born in Melbourne and was educated at Xavier College, and at the University of Melbourne. He married Dr Evelyn Livingston (b. 8 February 1918) in 1943, and they had nine children.

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  • Dr. John Billings, KCSG AM (5 March 1918 – 1 April 2007) was an Australian doctor who pioneered the natural method of family planning known variously as the Billings Ovulation Method, the Ovulation Method, or the Billings Method. John Billings was born in Melbourne and was educated at Xavier College, and at the University of Melbourne. He married Dr Evelyn Livingston (b. 8 February 1918) in 1943, and they had nine children. He served as a doctor with the Australian Imperial Force in New Guinea during World War II. In 1947, Billings was awarded a Nuffield Fellowship for postgraduate studies in London, where he specialised in neurology. On his return to Australia, he was made Head of the Department of Neurology at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne, and Dean of the Undergraduate Medical School within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Melbourne. In 1953, he and his wife, Dr Evelyn Billings (DSG), began work on a method of natural family planning which involved observation of changes to cervical mucus. Together they founded the World Organisation of the Ovulation Method Billings (WOOMB) as the centre for teaching the method throughout the world. Although Dr Billings maintained his career as consulting neurologist to St Vincent's Hospital, he and his wife also spent a large part of each year travelling to other countries, and training teachers in the Ovulation Method, lecturing to doctors and students, and establishing teaching centres. The method pioneered by Billings and his wife was approved by the Catholic Church and used by the World Health Organization. It was the only natural method accepted by the Chinese Government. Billings was made a member of the Order of Australia in 1991. In 2003, he was awarded the Knight Commander Con Placca of the Order of St Gregory the Great and his wife, Evelyn, was named a Dame of Malta. Dr John Billings died, aged 89, on 1 April 2007, at a Richmond aged care centre, survived by his wife, children and large extended family.
  • John Billings byl australský lékař, tvůrce tzv. Billingsovy ovulační metody přirozeného plánování rodičovství. Vzdělání získal na Xavier College a na Univerzitě v Melbourně. V roce 1943 se oženil s Evelyn Livingstonovou (nar. 8. února 1918), se kterou měli 9 dětí. Během Druhé světové války působil jako vojenský lékař na Nové Guinei. V roce 1953 začal spolu se svojí ženou Evelyn pracovat na vývoji metody přirozeného plánování rodičovství založené na sledování hlenu děložního čípku. Společně pak založili organizaci WOOMB (angl. World Organisation of the Ovulation Method Billings), která má za cíl výuku a propagaci této metody a má centra po celém světě. John Billings byl za své zásluhy oceněn v roce 1991 Řádem Austrálie a v roce 2003 Řádem sv. Řehoře Velikého.
  • John Billings, australijski lekarz, twórca naturalnej metody planowania rodziny, zwanej metodą Billingsów. Studia ukończył na University of Melbourne. W czasie II wojny światowej służył jako lekarz w australijskich siłach zbrojnych w Nowej Gwinei. W 1947 roku odbył staż w Londynie, specjalizował się w neurologii. W 1943 roku poślubił Evelyn Thomas (lekarza pediatrę), mieli dziewięcioro dzieci. W 1953 roku rozpoczął wraz z żoną pracę nad opracowaniem naturalnej metody planowania rodziny, polegającej na obserwacji śluzu szyjkowego podczas cyklu owulacyjnego kobiety. Metoda ta została później nazwana metodą Billingsów.
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  • Dr. John Billings, KCSG AM (5 March 1918 – 1 April 2007) was an Australian doctor who pioneered the natural method of family planning known variously as the Billings Ovulation Method, the Ovulation Method, or the Billings Method. John Billings was born in Melbourne and was educated at Xavier College, and at the University of Melbourne. He married Dr Evelyn Livingston (b. 8 February 1918) in 1943, and they had nine children.
  • John Billings byl australský lékař, tvůrce tzv. Billingsovy ovulační metody přirozeného plánování rodičovství. Vzdělání získal na Xavier College a na Univerzitě v Melbourně. V roce 1943 se oženil s Evelyn Livingstonovou (nar. 8. února 1918), se kterou měli 9 dětí. Během Druhé světové války působil jako vojenský lékař na Nové Guinei.
  • John Billings, australijski lekarz, twórca naturalnej metody planowania rodziny, zwanej metodą Billingsów. Studia ukończył na University of Melbourne. W czasie II wojny światowej służył jako lekarz w australijskich siłach zbrojnych w Nowej Gwinei. W 1947 roku odbył staż w Londynie, specjalizował się w neurologii. W 1943 roku poślubił Evelyn Thomas (lekarza pediatrę), mieli dziewięcioro dzieci.
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