Bernard Halley Stewart
Dr Bernard Halley Stewart FRSE (1874–1958) was a British physician during the 20th century.
Life[edit]
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 George Newman, Sir Sydney Smith and Alfred Joseph Clark.[3]
He died at West House, Broadgates Park, Hadley Wood in Hertfordshire on 30 July 1958.
Family[edit]
He married Mabel Florence Wyatt. They had one son Harold Charles Stewart, in turn father to Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "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 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Professor Harold Charles Stewart". The Peerage. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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