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- 1902-1957 (Creation)
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12 volumes and 58 letters
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Biographical history
George Cuthbert Adeney was born in 1879. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St Thomas' Hospital, where he was house physician and clinical assistant in the throat department. He obtained MRCS in 1903, and FRCS in 1911. During World War One he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps with the rank of Major. He became medical officer for the Ministry of Health in c 1928. Subsequently he was regional medical officer for the Ministry at Norwich. He was also a member of the Medical Society for Individual (Alderian) Psychology. He died in 1958.
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GB 0114 MS0045 1902-1957 Collection (fonds) 12 volumes and 58 letters Adeney , George Cuthbert , 1879-1958 , surgeon
George Cuthbert Adeney was born in 1879. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St Thomas' Hospital, where he was house physician and clinical assistant in the throat department. He obtained MRCS in 1903, and FRCS in 1911. During World War One he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps with the rank of Major. He became medical officer for the Ministry of Health in c 1928. Subsequently he was regional medical officer for the Ministry at Norwich. He was also a member of the Medical Society for Individual (Alderian) Psychology. He died in 1958.
The diaries and correspondence were donated by Mrs Adeney in 1973. The accession record does not note the scrapbooks and notebooks within this donation. Their provenance is unknown.
Papers of George Cuthbert Adeney, 1902-1957, comprising diaries, 1939-1957; letters to Adeney's sister Gladys, 1902-1920; scrapbooks, notebooks and typescript notes, 1913-1950s.
As outlined in Scope and Content.
By written appointment with the Deputy Librarian. Please contact Tina Craig.
No photocopying permitted.
English
Additional manuscripts catalogue.
Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: Lives of the Fellows, 1952-1964 page 3
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Aug 2008 Communications media Adeney , George Cuthbert , 1879-1958 , surgeon Albums (documents) Books Diaries Documents Health Health policy Information sources Literary forms and genres Literature Medical sciences Nonfiction Primary documents Prose Publications Scrapbooks Information sciences
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The diaries and correspondence were donated by Mrs Adeney in 1973. The accession record does not note the scrapbooks and notebooks within this donation. Their provenance is unknown.
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Papers of George Cuthbert Adeney, 1902-1957, comprising diaries, 1939-1957; letters to Adeney's sister Gladys, 1902-1920; scrapbooks, notebooks and typescript notes, 1913-1950s.
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As outlined in Scope and Content.
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By written appointment with the Deputy Librarian. Please contact Tina Craig.
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No photocopying permitted.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Additional manuscripts catalogue.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English