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William Hastwell Thornton was born on July 19, 1859, in New Richmond, Quebec.
He was a physician. He graduated from McGill University (B.A., 1878; M.D.). He was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and in 1882, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London.
He died on January 2, 1907, in New Richmond, Quebec.
Letter from Hastwell W. Thornton to John William Dawson, written from New Richmond.