Cornwallis Hewett
Cornwallis Hewett FRSC (1787 – 13 September 1841) was a physician who served as Downing Professor of Medicine and Physician-Extraordinary to the King.[1] His younger half-brother Prescott Gardner Hewett also served as Physician-Extraordinary as well as Serjeant Surgeon.[2]
Cornwallis Hewett M.D., F.R.C.P. | |
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 Portrait of Dr. Cornwallis Hewett by John Hargreaves | |
| Born | 1787 |
| Died | 1841 |
| Occupation | physician |
| Title | Dr. |
Early life
Hewett was born in the East Indies in 1787 to William Nathan Wright Hewett of Calcutta and Bilham House, Doncaster.[1] His father was initially a very wealthy man who lost his fortune from his love of horse-racing.[2] Even though his father's change in fortune meant that he had to remove to France, he still managed to have a strong education at Charterhouse School followed by matriculation at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1806, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1809 with a Members' Prize.[3][1] He later transferred to Downing College, Cambridge and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in 1812, his medical license in 1814, along with a further Bachelor of Medicine from Downing College, Cambridge as well as an incorporated Bachelor of Medicine from Brasenose College, Oxford.[1][4]
Medical career
After receiving his M.L. Hewett was appointed Downing Professor of Medicine, one of the most senior medical appointments in the gift of the University of Cambridge.[2] Hewett was also appointed a Fellow and Tutor at Downing College, Cambridge in 1814 and later he received his Doctorate of Medicine in 1822.[2] On receiving his M.D. on 9 August 1822 he was also appointed as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians, becoming a fellow on 12 April 1824.[5] On 25 March 1825 he was appointed the physician to St George's Hospital, London a position in which he served until 1833. He was also appointed Physician-Extraordinary to the King, William IV on 20 July 1832, although no works were published under his name during that appointment.[5] His distinguished career although outdone by his younger half-brother Prescott Gardner Hewett did inspire him to also join St George's Hospital in his wake.[5]
Personal life
Hewett lived at Berkeley Street, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex.[6] He died at Brighton on 13 September 1841.[5]
As well as being brother to Rev. John Short Hewett and Sir Prescott Gardner Hewett, Bt., he was also uncle of Rev. John Hewett and Vice-Admiral William Hewett, great uncle of John Prescott Hewett and of Rear Admiral George Hayley Hewett.
References
- Venn, John Archibald (1954). Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 348. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- Rolleston, Humphry, Sir (1932). The Cambridge Medical School: A Biographical History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 205–07. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Parish, William Douglas (1879). List of Carthusians, 1800–1879. Lewes: FARNCOMBE AND CO. p. 117. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- Foster, Joseph (1888). Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886; their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University; Volume 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 652. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- Munk, William (1878). Roll of the Royal College of Physicians. London: Royal College of Physicians. p. 280.
- "Will of Doctor Cornwallis Hewett, Doctor of Medicine of Downing College in the University of Cambridge of Bolton Street Saint George Hanover Square , Middlesex". The National Archives. The National Archives, Kew. 9 October 1841.