Thomas Bewley

Thomas Bewley CBE (born 1926) is a British and Irish psychiatrist who specialised in the treatment of addiction disorders. He was president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists from 1984 to 1987.[1]

Career

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 when he returned in 1960 took up a post at Tooting Bec Hospital and gained the position of consultant the following year.

He was actively involved in the Royal College of Psychiatrists and was elected its Dean and then President in 1987.[3] He wrote a history of the Royal College of Psychiatrists entitled Madness to Mental Illness.[4]

His portrait hangs in the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Prescot Street, London.[5] It was painted by Prof. David Tindle RA in 1988.

Personal life

While at St. Patrick's Hospital in Dublin, he met a young medical student called Beulah Knox and they married in 1955 and had five children. They eventually settled in Streatham, London.

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. Kerr, Alan (2007). "In conversation with Thomas Bewley". Psychiatric Bulletin. 31 (6): 220–223. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. Bewley, Thomas (July 2008). Madness to Mental Illness: A History of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. ISBN 9781904671350. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. "Royal College of Psychiatrists". Royal Collage of Psychiatrists. Retrieved 29 April 2022.


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