Richard Barrington Nevitt

Richard Barrington Nevitt, doctor and artist.

Dr. Nevitt joined the NWMP in order to get more medical experience and to earn the money needed to pay for his education. He was stationed at Fort Macleod from 1874 until 1878. Nevitt went on to finish his medical degree and specialize in gynecology and obstetrics. He became a favourite teacher at the Women's Medical College in Toronto, where, surrounded by female students, he was nicknamed 'Hen' Nevitt.

Nevitt was more than a doctor. He was a keen observer of the West and a gifted artist. Many of his works can be found at the Glenbow-Alberta Institute in Calgary. Several of his paintings and sketches are the only known existing visual records of important events, such as the signing of Treaty 7.