Education
Magdalene College.
Magdalene College.
He commanded the Allied Number 1 Special Forces in the Italian Campaign in World World War World War II After the war he was appointed Secretary of the Royal Society of Medicine in London in 1952 and he held the post, under the new title of Executive Director, until 1982. He exercised a major influence on the development of the Society during those years, giving priority to securing its financial position and acquiring accommodation into which it could expand. There is a ‘Hewitt Room’ in the Royal Society of Medicine in London which also makes an annual Richard T. Hewitt Award, and the United States Society awards an annual Richard T. Hewitt Meda
He was made Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1945 and a Freeman of the City of London in 1954, and gained further honours later in life from Middle Temple, the Swedish Medical Society, Chelsea College and the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London.