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- 1824-1870 (Creation)
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11 volumes
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Biographical history
Fleetwood Buckle was born in 1841. He trained in medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London; he passed as L.S.A., L.R.C.P. and M.D. (St. Andrews) in 1862 and M.R.C.S. in 1863. He entered the Royal Navy in 1863 and served in various stations: in West Africa; in the Dardanelles during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878; in South America, where in 1880 he received the thanks of the Chilean government for tending wounded from the battles around Lima in the war between Chile and Peru, and in 1881 was formally thanked by the Panama Canal Company for his work during a yellow fever epidemic; in China; and in the Eastern Sudan. He attained the rank of Fleet Surgeon in 1886. He died in 1917.
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GB 0120 MSS.1395-1404 and 5656 1824-1870 Collection (fonds) 11 volumes Buckle , Fleetwood , 1841-1917 , naval surgeon
Fleetwood Buckle was born in 1841. He trained in medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London; he passed as L.S.A., L.R.C.P. and M.D. (St. Andrews) in 1862 and M.R.C.S. in 1863. He entered the Royal Navy in 1863 and served in various stations: in West Africa; in the Dardanelles during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878; in South America, where in 1880 he received the thanks of the Chilean government for tending wounded from the battles around Lima in the war between Chile and Peru, and in 1881 was formally thanked by the Panama Canal Company for his work during a yellow fever epidemic; in China; and in the Eastern Sudan. He attained the rank of Fleet Surgeon in 1886. He died in 1917.
Purchased from H.G. Lang, Southsea, October 1928 (accession numbers 49063 and 49100).
The majority of the collection is made up of journals kept by Buckle during the years 1866-1870, during which he travelled to South America, South Africa and Australia (there are also periods during which he was stationed at Portsmouth). There are some lacunae in the sequence of diaries. There is also one autograph album kept by Buckle relating partly to his own affairs (his application to become House Surgeon at the West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital, 1863-1864) but also including older material predating his birth.
MSS.1395-1404 comprise journals by Buckle, held in chronological order of composition. MS.5656 is an autograph album.
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973) and Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999). Detailed catalogue available at http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk.
description compiled by Christopher Hilton based upon those in the Library's published finding aids by S.A.J. Moorat and Richard Palmer. Biographical information from Buckle's obituary in the British Medical Journal 1917 (i) p.750. 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. December 2000. Armed forces Australia Autographs Buckle , Fleetwood , 1841-1917 , naval surgeon Communication process Communication skills Diaries Documents England Europe Hampshire Handwriting Information sources International relations Literary forms and genres Literature Manuscripts Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Military organizations Naval personnel Nonfiction Norfolk Oceania Organizations Personnel Physicians Portsmouth Primary documents Prose South Africa South America Southern Africa State security Surgery Travel Travel abroad UK Western Europe West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital Writing People by occupation People London
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from H.G. Lang, Southsea, October 1928 (accession numbers 49063 and 49100).
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The majority of the collection is made up of journals kept by Buckle during the years 1866-1870, during which he travelled to South America, South Africa and Australia (there are also periods during which he was stationed at Portsmouth). There are some lacunae in the sequence of diaries. There is also one autograph album kept by Buckle relating partly to his own affairs (his application to become House Surgeon at the West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital, 1863-1864) but also including older material predating his birth.
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MSS.1395-1404 comprise journals by Buckle, held in chronological order of composition. MS.5656 is an autograph album.
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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Finding aids
Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973) and Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999). Detailed catalogue available at http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk.
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- State security » Armed forces
- Communication process
- Communication process » Communication skills
- Documents
- Communication process » Communication skills » Writing » Handwriting
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- International relations
- Literary forms and genres
- Literature
- Documents » Manuscripts
- Medical profession » Medical personnel
- Medical profession
- Medical sciences
- Organizations
- Personnel
- Medical profession » Medical personnel » Physicians
- Documents » Primary documents
- Literary forms and genres » Prose
- State security
- Medical sciences » Surgery
- Travel
- Travel » Travel abroad
- Communication process » Communication skills » Writing
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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