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- 1803-1873 (Creation)
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Henry Bence Jones was born the son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Jones and Matilda Bence in 1814. He attended Harrow School and then Trinity College Cambridge gaining a BA in 1836 and a MD in 1849. He undertook medical studies at St George's Hospital and became a physician there from 1846 to 1872. He studied chemistry under Thomas Graham at the University College, London, and in 1841 he went to Giessen, Germany to study under Justus Liebig. In 1842 he became licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians and was a Fellow in 1849. He married Lady Millicent Acheson. In 1846 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. He studied the aspects of chemistry in pathology and medicine, and gave a course of lectures in Animal Chemistry in its application to Stomach and Renal Diseases'. He became Secretary of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI) in 1860, a position he held until 1873. In 1868 he gave the
Croonian lectures on matter and force'. He was a friend and biographer of Michael Faraday (1791-1867). He published a book on Animal Electricity in 1852. He died in 1873.
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GB 0116 Henry Bence Jones Collection 1803-1873 Sub-fonds of the Royal Institution of Great Britain collection 0.07 metres Bence Jones, Henry, 1814-1873. Physician.
Henry Bence Jones was born the son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Jones and Matilda Bence in 1814. He attended Harrow School and then Trinity College Cambridge gaining a BA in 1836 and a MD in 1849. He undertook medical studies at St George's Hospital and became a physician there from 1846 to 1872. He studied chemistry under Thomas Graham at the University College, London, and in 1841 he went to Giessen, Germany to study under Justus Liebig. In 1842 he became licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians and was a Fellow in 1849. He married Lady Millicent Acheson. In 1846 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. He studied the aspects of chemistry in pathology and medicine, and gave a course of lectures in Animal Chemistry in its application to Stomach and Renal Diseases'. He became Secretary of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI) in 1860, a position he held until 1873. In 1868 he gave the
Croonian lectures on matter and force'. He was a friend and biographer of Michael Faraday (1791-1867). He published a book on Animal Electricity in 1852. He died in 1873.
Accumulated by the RI during the course of business.
Papers of Henry Bence Jones, 1803-1873, including correspondence to and from various recipients, relating to the Royal Institution of Great Britain, in particular its lectures (CG4/1&2).
As outlined in the scope and content field, though the final arrangement will be compiled in a detailed catalogue of the Royal Institution of Great Britain collection, to be prepared.
Access to bona fide researchers by appointment with the Keeper of the Collections or the Assistant Archivist, the Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI).
Reproduction of material is permitted at the discretion of the Keeper of the Collections, RI.
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Card index at the RI.
The Royal Institution of Great Britain holds related material in CG1f; Le1/1; JB1/1; RI 5/2/2-3; N5/10/7; there is also a portrait of Henry Bence Jones by George Richmond.
Other papers of Henry Bence Jones are located at: Cambridge University Library Department of Manuscripts and University Archives.
Sources: card index at the RI, a detailed catalogue is to be prepared. Other useful published sources on Henry Bence Jones: Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 1973, 28: 31-56. Description compiled by Miss Ivone Martins, Assistant Archivist, RI. 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. April 2001 Chemistry England Europe Jones , Henry , Bence , 1813-1873 , physician x Bence Jones , Henry London Medical sciences Royal Institution of Great Britain Surgery UK Western Europe
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Accumulated by the RI during the course of business.
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Papers of Henry Bence Jones, 1803-1873, including correspondence to and from various recipients, relating to the Royal Institution of Great Britain, in particular its lectures (CG4/1&2).
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As outlined in the scope and content field, though the final arrangement will be compiled in a detailed catalogue of the Royal Institution of Great Britain collection, to be prepared.
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Access to bona fide researchers by appointment with the Keeper of the Collections or the Assistant Archivist, the Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI).
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Reproduction of material is permitted at the discretion of the Keeper of the Collections, RI.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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The Royal Institution of Great Britain holds related material in CG1f; Le1/1; JB1/1; RI 5/2/2-3; N5/10/7; there is also a portrait of Henry Bence Jones by George Richmond.
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Card index at the RI.
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Other papers of Henry Bence Jones are located at: Cambridge University Library Department of Manuscripts and University Archives.
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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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