Bernard Halley Stewart
Dr Bernard Halley Stewart FRSE (1874–1958) was a British physician during the 20th century.
Life[]
He was born in St. Leonards-on-Sea on 6 May 1874, the son of Sir Halley Stewart and his wife, Jane Elizabeth Atkinson.[1]He was educated at University College School in Hastings then in Bishop's Stortford.
He then studied for a general degree at Cambridge University graduating MA in 1896, and allowing him to then study Medicine there, graduating MB ChB in 1906/7. He was awarded his doctorate (MD) in 1911. In the First World War he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in France. On return he set up as a GP in East Bergholt in Suffolk before moving to Barnet. In 1937 he established the Sir Halley Stewart Trust in memory of his father and served as its first President.[2]
In 1939 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Thomas J. Mackie, Sir , Sir Sydney Smith and Alfred Joseph Clark.[3]
He died at West House, Broadgates Park, Hadley Wood in Hertfordshire on 30 July 1958.
Family[]
He married Mabel Florence Wyatt. They had one son Harold Charles Stewart, in turn father to Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Bernard Halley Stewart". ThePeerage. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Home". Sir Halley Stuart Trust. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ^ "Professor Harold Charles Stewart". The Peerage. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- 1874 births
- 1958 deaths
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- 20th-century British medical doctors
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- British medical biography stubs