Thomas Bewley

Thomas Bewley CBE of St Thomas's Hospital, London, was president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists from 1984 to 1987.[1]

He was born in Dublin in 1926 into a Quaker family with a strong medical tradition. The Bewley family were well established in Dublin and among many other things established the well-known Bewley's cafes. He attended the School of Medicine (Trinity College Dublin) 1944–1950. After graduation he was appointed a Senior House Officer at St Patrick's Hospital, a major psychiatric hospital in Dublin.[2] He then moved to London and spent short periods at various hospitals before taking up a post at the Maudsley Hospital. He then spent a year in Cincinnati and took up a post at Tooting Bec Hospital when he returned in 1960 and gained the position of consultant the following year.

He wrote a history of the Royal College entitled Madness to Mental Illness.[3]

Personal life

While at St. Patrick's, he met a young medical student called Beulah Knox and they married in 1955 and had five children.

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References
  1. Roll of Honour, March 2015, College Officers. Royal College of Psychiatrists, March 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  2. "Addiction: Conversation with Thomas Bewley". Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. "Madness to Mental Illness: A History of the Royal College of Psychiatrists". Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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