Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
NameDr Wiliam REES-THOMAS CB MD FRCP DPM, 8244
Birth1887
Death1978
Notes for Dr Wiliam REES-THOMAS CB MD FRCP DPM
William Rees-Thomas
CB MD FRCP DPM (15 June 1887-13 April 1978) was a Welsh pyschiatrist. He was Medical Senior Commissioner for the
Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency.
Born in
Senny,
Breconshire, he was educated at
County School, Brecon and
Cardiff University. He became a
Member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1913 and a
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1933.
He was awarded the
Alfred Sheen Prize, 1906;
Alfred Hughes Memorial Medal, 1907;
Llewelyn Prize, 1909;
Murchison Scholar (RCP), 1912;
Gaskell Prize and Gold Medal.
He married Muriel Jones in 1917; they had a son and a daughter. He was widowed and remarried
Ruth Darwin, daughter of Sir
Horace Darwin, in 1948; they had no children, and she died in 1972.