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- 1914-1919 (Creation)
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1 box
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Biographical history
Born, 1855; educated at Durham School and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1879; served in South Africa as Senior Surgeon, Portland Hospital, Bloemfontein, 1899-1900; Major, 1908-1914, and Lieutenant Colonel, 1 London General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1914-1919; civilian member of Army Medical Advisory Board, [1913]-1918; served in Army Medical Service, 1914-1919; British Red Cross Society representative on the Technical Reserve Advisory Committee on Voluntary Aid, 1914-1920; member of honorary consulting staff of Royal Army Medical College, Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, 1914-1920; served on British Red Cross Society Executive Committee, 1917-1920; honorary Major General, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1920; died, 1929.
Publications include: A descriptive catalogue of the Anatomical and Pathological Museum of St. Bartholomew's Hospital [Edited by F. S. Eve.] (J & A Churchill, London, 1882); Surgical Pathology and Morbid Anatomy (J & A Churchill, London, 1887); Injuries and Diseases of Nerves and their surgical treatment (J & A Churchill, London, 1889; The Surgical Work [of the Portland Hospital in South Africa] with Sir Cuthbert Sidney Wallace (1901); The Hunterian Oration on British Military Surgery in the time of Hunter and in the Great War (Adlard & Son & West Newman: London, 1919).
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GB 0114 MS0004 1914-1919 Collection (fonds) 1 box Bowlby , Sir , Anthony Alfred , 1855-1929 , 1st Baronet , surgeon
Born, 1855; educated at Durham School and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1879; served in South Africa as Senior Surgeon, Portland Hospital, Bloemfontein, 1899-1900; Major, 1908-1914, and Lieutenant Colonel, 1 London General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1914-1919; civilian member of Army Medical Advisory Board, [1913]-1918; served in Army Medical Service, 1914-1919; British Red Cross Society representative on the Technical Reserve Advisory Committee on Voluntary Aid, 1914-1920; member of honorary consulting staff of Royal Army Medical College, Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, 1914-1920; served on British Red Cross Society Executive Committee, 1917-1920; honorary Major General, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1920; died, 1929.
Publications include: A descriptive catalogue of the Anatomical and Pathological Museum of St. Bartholomew's Hospital [Edited by F. S. Eve.] (J & A Churchill, London, 1882); Surgical Pathology and Morbid Anatomy (J & A Churchill, London, 1887); Injuries and Diseases of Nerves and their surgical treatment (J & A Churchill, London, 1889; The Surgical Work [of the Portland Hospital in South Africa] with Sir Cuthbert Sidney Wallace (1901); The Hunterian Oration on British Military Surgery in the time of Hunter and in the Great War (Adlard & Son & West Newman: London, 1919).
The collection was deposited by Franklin A White in 1977
Papers of Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby, comprising a diary, 1914-1919, recording his experiences as Consulting Surgeon to the British Army.
The records are arranged largely chronologically.
Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.
At the discretion of the Librarian.
English
Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
Contemporary Medical Archives Centre, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine holds papers of Bowlby, 1880-1995, including correspondence, reports and photographs relating to the establishment and work of the Portland Hospital, Bloemfontein, South Africa 1899-1901, lectures and articles relating chiefly to the treatment of the war-wounded from 1908-1920, personal correspondence, 1880-1929, correspondence and memorabilia relating to St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1880-1937 and biographical notes by Ursula Bowlby (Bowlby's daughter-in-law), 1995 (Ref: RAMC MS 365 and GC 181). A report to the Director General of Medical Services, 1916, is held by the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London.
Sources: Dictionary of National Biography (Smith, Elder and Co, London, 1895); Historical Manuscripts Commission On-line National Register of Archives; British Library Public On-line Catalogue. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. 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. October 2002 Wars (events) Armed forces Bowlby , Sir , Anthony Alfred , 1855-1929 , 1st Baronet , surgeon Diaries Documents Information sources International conflicts International relations Literary forms and genres Literature Medical personnel Military organizations Nonfiction Organizations Personnel Primary documents Prose State security Surgeons War World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) People by occupation People
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The collection was deposited by Franklin A White in 1977
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Papers of Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby, comprising a diary, 1914-1919, recording his experiences as Consulting Surgeon to the British Army.
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The records are arranged largely chronologically.
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Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.
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At the discretion of the Librarian.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
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Contemporary Medical Archives Centre, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine holds papers of Bowlby, 1880-1995, including correspondence, reports and photographs relating to the establishment and work of the Portland Hospital, Bloemfontein, South Africa 1899-1901, lectures and articles relating chiefly to the treatment of the war-wounded from 1908-1920, personal correspondence, 1880-1929, correspondence and memorabilia relating to St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1880-1937 and biographical notes by Ursula Bowlby (Bowlby's daughter-in-law), 1995 (Ref: RAMC MS 365 and GC 181). A report to the Director General of Medical Services, 1916, is held by the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London.
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- Medical sciences
- Health services » Hospitals
- Health services
- State security » Armed forces
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- International conflicts
- International relations
- Literary forms and genres
- Literature
- Medical profession » Medical personnel
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- Personnel
- Documents » Primary documents
- Literary forms and genres » Prose
- State security
- International conflicts » War
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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