Edward Bevan

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Edward Vaughan Bevan (born November 3, 1907 in Chesterton , Cambridgeshire , † February 23, 1988 in Cambridge ) was a British rower and doctor.

At the Olympic Games in 1928 , a total of six boats took part in the four without a helmsman . The British foursome with John Lander , Michael Warriner , Richard Beesly and Edward Bevan won against the French in the preliminary run. In the quarter-finals, the British won over the German foursome by judges' decision. After a bye in the semifinals, the British defeated the US boat by a second in the final.

Edward Bevan studied at Trinity College of the University of Cambridge . After graduating, he went to St Mary's Hospital in London. He later ran a doctor's office in Cambridge together with former shot putter Rex Woods . Among other things, he was the doctor of Ludwig Wittgenstein , who was cared for in the final phase of his cancer in Edward Bevan's house (76 Storey's Way) and died there.

Bevan was treasurer of the Cambridge University Boat Club for many years and co-organizer of the Boat Race , in which he himself had never participated as an active.

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  • Wolf Reinhardt, Ralph Schlueter: The games of the IX. 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam and the II Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2018, ISBN 978-3-89784-411-7 . Pp. 330-333
personal data
SURNAME Bevan, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bevan, Edward Vaughan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British rower and doctor
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Chesterton , Cambridgeshire
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1988
Place of death Cambridge