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 was appointed to the Board of Control in 1931, replacing Arthur Rotherham as Medical Senior Commissioner[2]
He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1950[3]
He married Muriel Hodgson Jones in 1917; they had a son Frederick Douglas Rees-Thomas (1920–1995), and daughter Aelwyn Minette (1922–2012).[4] He was widowed in 1934.[5] In 1948 he remarried Ruth Darwin, a colleague of his on the Board of Control, daughter of Sir Horace and Lady Ida Darwin[6] they had no children, and she died in 1972.[7] He died in Surrey in 1978.
References
^REES-THOMAS, William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 28 Dec 2012
^ abThe Times, Thursday, Dec 17, 1931; pg. 12; Issue 46008; col D
^Aelwen Minette TAYLOR-ROBERTS Obituary Published in The Times on April 2, 2012
^Deaths. The Times, Saturday, Jun 16, 1934; pg. 1; Issue 46782; col A
^DARWIN, Ruth Frances’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 28 Dec 2012
^Obituary: Mrs W. Rees-Thomas, The Times, Monday, Oct 16, 1972; pg. 14; Issue 58606; col F
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william, rees, thomas, frcp, frsm, june, 1887, april, 1978, welsh, psychiatrist, medical, senior, commissioner, board, control, lunacy, mental, deficiency, born, senny, breconshire, educated, county, school, brecon, cardiff, university, became, member, royal, . William Rees Thomas CB FRCP FRSM 15 June 1887 13 April 1978 was a Welsh psychiatrist 1 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 During the First World war he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps 2 He was appointed to the Board of Control in 1931 replacing Arthur Rotherham as Medical Senior Commissioner 2 He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath CB in 1950 3 He married Muriel Hodgson Jones in 1917 they had a son Frederick Douglas Rees Thomas 1920 1995 and daughter Aelwyn Minette 1922 2012 4 He was widowed in 1934 5 In 1948 he remarried Ruth Darwin a colleague of his on the Board of Control daughter of Sir Horace and Lady Ida Darwin 6 they had no children and she died in 1972 7 He died in Surrey in 1978 References Edit REES THOMAS William Who Was Who A amp C Black an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc 1920 2008 online edn Oxford University Press Dec 2007 accessed 28 Dec 2012 a b The Times Thursday Dec 17 1931 pg 12 Issue 46008 col D http www london gazette co uk issues 38929 supplements 2777 and http www london gazette co uk issues 38929 supplements 2778 Aelwen Minette TAYLOR ROBERTS Obituary Published in The Times on April 2 2012 Deaths The Times Saturday Jun 16 1934 pg 1 Issue 46782 col A DARWIN Ruth Frances Who Was Who A amp C Black an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc 1920 2008 online edn Oxford University Press Dec 2007 accessed 28 Dec 2012 Obituary Mrs W Rees Thomas The Times Monday Oct 16 1972 pg 14 Issue 58606 col F Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Rees Thomas amp oldid 1069510475, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
