John Ewart

John Ewart (14 May 1858 – 5 August 1939) was a New Zealand doctor and medical superintendent of Wellington Hospital from 1889 to 1909.

Ewart was born in Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland on 14 May 1858. He attended the Annan Academy and then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh gaining an MB and CM in 1880 and MD in 1885. He studied surgery under Joseph Lister the British surgeon who developed antiseptic surgery. Ewart worked in hospitals in England and Wales before emigrating in search of a better climate to New Zealand in 1887 on the ship Waimate.

Ewart retired in 1922, and died in Wellington on 5 August 1939. Two of his brothers were doctors: David Ewart of Chichester, England and William Ewart of Wellington. He had four sisters one of whom, Jessie Ewart, was matron of Invercargill Hospital.

In 1889 Ewart married Grace Brandon and they had two daughters and one son, Ian Ewart, who was also a doctor.