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George Witt (collector)
George Witt MD FRS (1804–1869) was a doctor, banker and mayor known for his collection of erotic objects.
==Life==
Witt was born in 1804. His father was Matthew Witt who was the minister at Calke in Derbyshire from 1810〔David Gaimster, 'Witt, George (1804–1869)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 (accessed 27 July 2014 )〕 and a master at Repton Grammar School.〔
Witt studied to become a physician at Northampton General Infirmary before he worked briefly for the East India Company. He notably took charge of a cholera epidemic on board a ship at Calcutta. He became a surgeon at Bedford Infirmary from where he visited Leiden for just three months. Based on his work in Calcutta he graduated as a Doctor of Medicine at the University.〔 Witt married Elizabneth Hedley in Bedford in 1832. He practised as a doctor in Bedford where he rose to be the medical lead at Bedford Infirmary and by 1834 he was elected to the Mayor of Bedford. Witt was also elected to be a Fellow of the Royal Society the same year. Witt however failed to become an Alderman in Bedford until 1845 as his first application was turned down as he was not thought to have been a first class mayor a decade before.〔
In 1849 he was made "physician extraordinary" after he resigned from the Infirmary citing personal reasons. Witt had been recognised for the contribution of anatomical specimens and his collection of antiquities and natural history artefacts were particularly valued and it was thought that the town could establish a museum based on Witt's collection. Part of this collection was sold and eventually became part of first Bedford Modern School and eventually Bedford Museum.〔
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