Colin Leslie Hewett
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Dr Colin Leslie Hewett FRSE FRIC (1909–1976) was a British biochemist and co-discoverer of an artificial equivalent of both oestrogen and testosterone.Drug Discovery: A History by Walter Sneader{{cite web|url=http://patents.justia.com/inventor/colin-leslie-hewett|title=Colin Leslie Hewett Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications – Justia Patents Search|website=patents.justia.com|accessdate=11 February 2018}}
Life
He was born on 19 August 1909 in London and educated at Dulwich College. He studied Science at the University of London graduating BSc in 1932 and gaining a doctorate (PhD) in 1934.
During the Second World War he worked for the Ministry of Supply and on Chemical Defence research based variously at Sutton Oak and Porton Down.
From 1944 until retiral in 1974 he worked for Organon Laboratories Ltd, serving as Research Director from 1955.
In 1962 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his numerous discoveries. His proposers were Patrick Dunbar Ritchie, James Norman Davidson, Guy Frederic Marrian, Ralph Raphael, John Monteath Robertson, and Sir William Weipers.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|access-date=26 October 2016|archive-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|url-status=dead}}
He died in Glasgow on 22 December 1976.
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Category:People educated at Dulwich College
Category:Alumni of the University of London