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.

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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