George Hewston was an American politician, educator, and physician.
11 Facts About George Hewston
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George Hewston was sworn in on November 4,1875, and served until December 5,1875.
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George Hewston apprenticed himself to a physician and then took a medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania.
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George Hewston moved with his family to San Francisco to escape the American Civil War.
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George Hewston established a new medical practice upon his arrival, supplementing his income by lecturing at the Toland College of Medicine.
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George Hewston refused to make inflated payments for unspecified repairs.
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George Hewston was known for making a speech condemning the Chinese for bringing opium into the city.
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George Hewston then returned to the lecture circuit and travelled along the East Coast, collecting many books along the way.
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George Hewston eventually amassed some 2000 volumes for his private library.
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George Hewston died on September 4,1891, in San Francisco of Bright's disease.
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George Hewston was interred at Masonic Cemetery in San Francisco, and when that closed around 1940 he was reinterred at Woodland Cemetery in Colma, California.