Clement Hue
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Clement Hue | |
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 Portrait by Richard Buckner, now in the collection of the Foundling Museum | |
| Born | c. 1779 |
| Died | 23 June 1861 (aged 82) |
| Occupation | Physician |
Clement Hue FRCP (1779 – 23 June 1861)[2] was a British physician.[3]
Clement Hue was baptised at St Helier, Jersey on 12 May 1779, the son of Jean Hue and his wife Anne Dolbel.[4] 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.[5]
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.[5][3] He was a fellow and Registrar of the Royal College of Physicians from 1815–1824.[5][6] and served as one of the RCP's Commissioners for Madhouses.[6]
He gave the Harveian Oration in 1829.[7]