Charles Edward Kingsley Newman (1900–1989) was a British physician and medical school dean.

Biography

After education at Mill Mead School in Shrewsbury and then at

Shrewsbury School Shrewsbury School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13 –18) in Shrewsbury. Founded in 1552 by Edward VI by Royal Charter, it was originally a boarding school for boys; girls have been admitted into ...

, Newman spent the summer of 1918 in the Oxford University Officers' Training Corps. In 1919 he was demobilised and matriculated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA (Cantab.) in 1921. He studied medicine at

King's College Hospital Medical School GKT School of Medical Education (abbreviated: GKT) is the medical school of King's College London. The school has campuses at three institutions, Guy's Hospital ( Southwark), King's College Hospital ( Denmark Hill) and St Thomas' Hospital ( La ...

, where he qualified MRCS, LRCP in 1923 and graduated

MB BCh Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United Kin ...

in 1924. In 1926 he won the RCP's Murchison Scholarship and qualified MRCP. He graduated MD in 1927. He held various house appointments at the Belgrave Hospital for Children and at

King's College Hospital King's College Hospital is a major teaching hospital and major trauma centre in Denmark Hill, Camberwell in the London Borough of Lambeth, referred to locally and by staff simply as "King's" or abbreviated internally to "KCH". It is managed b ...

, where he was for two years a Sambrooke medical registrar. He spent six months at the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemb ...

as a volunteer assistant to

Ludwig Aschoff Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff (10 January 1866 – 24 June 1942) was a German physician and pathologist. He is considered to be one of the most influential pathologists of the early 20th century and is regarded as the most important German patholog ...

. At King's College Hospital, Newman was appointed junior physician, morbid anatomist, medical tutor, and vice-dean. There he was promoted to full physician in 1938 and offered the deanship of the King's College Hospital Medical School, but he resigned to become a sub-dean at Hammersmith's

Royal Postgraduate Medical School The Royal Postgraduate Medical School (RPMS) was an independent medical school, based primarily at Hammersmith Hospital in west London. In 1988, the school merged with the Institute of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and in 1997 became part of Imperial ...

. When Sir Charles Dodds became president of the Royal College of Physicians in 1962, Newman succeeded him as Harveian Librarian, holding that office for seventeen years. He was awarded the RCP's Linacre Fellowship in 1966. Newman married his first wife in 1952, who died in 1965. In 1971 he married his second wife, who died in 1982. Upon his death in 1989 he was survived by several stepchildren from his second marriage.

Awards and honours

* 1932 — FRCP * 1933 —

Goulstonian Lecture The Goulstonian Lectures are an annual lecture series given on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians in London. They began in 1639. The lectures are named for Theodore Goulston (or Gulston, died 1632), who founded them with a bequest A bequ ...

r * 1954–1955 —

Fitzpatrick Lecture The Fitzpatrick Lecture is given annually at the Royal College of Physicians on a subject related to history of medicine. The lecturer, who must be a fellow of the College, is selected by the president and may be chosen to speak for two years suc ...

r * 1965 – CBE * 1968 – Fitzpatrick Lecturer * 1973 —

Harveian Orator The Harveian Oration is a yearly lecture held at the Royal College of Physicians of London. It was instituted in 1656 by William Harvey, discoverer of the systemic circulation. Harvey made financial provision for the college to hold an annual feas ...

Selected publications

* * with L. M. Payne: * * with L. M. Payne: * *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Charles Edward 1900 births 1989 deaths 20th-century English medical doctors People educated at Shrewsbury School Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Presidents of the Osler Club of London