Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E004205 - Hewer, Cecil Mackenzie (1870 - 1940)
Title:
Hewer, Cecil Mackenzie (1870 - 1940)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004205
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-07-10
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Hewer, Cecil Mackenzie (1870 - 1940), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Hewer, Cecil Mackenzie
Date of Birth:
30 November 1870
Place of Birth:
London
Date of Death:
24 March 1940
Place of Death:
Tarporley, Cheshire
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
OBE 1919
MRCS 30 July 1894
FRCS 10 December 1894
LRCP 1894
Details:
Born at Sandford House, Highbury, New Park, London on 30 November 1870, the tenth child and sixth son of John Henry Hewer, MRCS, LSA 1852, and Annie Langton his wife, sister of John Langton, FRCS. There were eleven children of the marriage, and the seven brothers entered the medical profession. Cecil was educated at the City of London School and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon to Sir Thomas Smith. He also acted as assistant house surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He practised at Glenthorne, Tarporley, Cheshire, and was surgeon to the Albert Infirmary, Winsford, Cheshire. During the war of 1914-18 he was surgeon to the Baltic and Corn Exchange Red Cross Hospital at Calais, doing such good work that he was decorated OBE. He died suddenly at Tarporley on 24 March 1940, leaving a son.
Sources:
Information given by Joseph Langton Hewer, FRCS, his last surviving brother
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E004000-E004999/E004200-E004299
Media Type:
Unknown
