# John Hewetson

> John Christopher Hewetson was a British anarchist physician, writer and newspaper editor. During the Second World War he was an editor of the anarchist newspaper War Commentary, which saw him imprisoned on three occasions. From the 1940s onwards he was active in advocating for freely available contraception and abortions.

*British anarchist physician (1913-1990)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-hewetson

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1913-01-10
- **Died:** 1990-12-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

John Christopher Hewetson was a British anarchist physician, writer and newspaper editor. During the Second World War he was an editor of the anarchist newspaper War Commentary, which saw him imprisoned on three occasions. From the 1940s onwards he was active in advocating for freely available contraception and abortions.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 35.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 17.2 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 1.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 64.0 / 100

## Sources
- [John Hewetson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hewetson)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111818329)

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