Clement Hue
Portrait by Richard Buckner, now in the collection of the Foundling Museum
Bornc. 1779
Jersey, Channel Islands[1]
Died(1861-06-23)23 June 1861 (aged 82)
St Giles, London
OccupationPhysician

Clement Hue FRCP (1779 – 23 June 1861)[2] was a British physician.[3]

Early life and education

Hue was born in Jersey, the son of John Hue. He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School). He later studied at Pembroke College, Oxford where he was a scholar and fellow and gained a D.Med.[4]

Career

He was physician to St Bartholomew's Hospital,[3] Christ's Hospital,[2] and to the Foundling Hospital from 1815–1837 and Vice President of the latter from 1847–1861 and M.I. Chapel of Foundling Hospital.[4][3] He was a fellow and Registrar of the Royal College of Physicians from 1815–1824.[4][5] and served as one of the RCP's Commissioners for Madhouses.[5]

He gave the Harveian Oration in 1829.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1861 England Census
  2. 1 2 "Clement Hue". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Clement Hue (d.1861)". Art UK. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Richardson, William H (1905). List of Some Distinguished Persons Educated at Abingdon School 1563-1855. Hughes Market Place (Abingdon). p. 9.
  5. 1 2 "The Royal College of Physicians Commissioners for Madhouses 1774-1827". Middlesex University. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  6. ↑ The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, comprising biographical sketches of all the eminent physicians whose names are recorded in the Annals .. (Volume 3). Royal College of Physicians.
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