John and Evelyn Billings

Dr. John Billings, AM, KC*SG, FRCP, FRACP (5 March 1918 – 1 April 2007) and his wife Evelyn Livingston Billings (née Thomas) AM, DC*SG (8 February 1918 – 16 February 2013) were Australian physicians who pioneered the natural method of family planning known initially as the Ovulation Method, then the Ovulation Method Billings,specified by the WHO in 1978 and finally as the Billings Ovulation Method™. John Billings was born in Melbourne and was educated at Xavier College, and at the University of Melbourne where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree.

John and Evelyn Billings

Dr. John Billings, AM, KC*SG, FRCP, FRACP (5 March 1918 – 1 April 2007) and his wife Evelyn Livingston Billings (née Thomas) AM, DC*SG (8 February 1918 – 16 February 2013) were Australian physicians who pioneered the natural method of family planning known initially as the Ovulation Method, then the Ovulation Method Billings,specified by the WHO in 1978 and finally as the Billings Ovulation Method™. John Billings was born in Melbourne and was educated at Xavier College, and at the University of Melbourne where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree.