Collection GB 0100 G/PP1/9 - CAMERON, Hector Charles (1878-1958)

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Reference code

GB 0100 G/PP1/9

Title

CAMERON, Hector Charles (1878-1958)

Date(s)

  • [1959] (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

1 volume

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Born in Glasgow, 17 July 1878, son of Sir Hector Clare Cameron; Educated at Clifton College; University of Glasgow; St John's College, Cambridge (Foundation Scholar in Science); Guy's Hospital (University Scholar); Berlin. MA, Hon. LLD (Glasgow), MA, MD (Cambridge). FRCP (Lond.).
Worked as Demonstrator of Physiology at Guy's Hospital Medical School, and Dean of the Medical and Dental School, 1912-1914, Guy's Hospital, London; Consulting Physician to Department for Diseases of Children, Guy's Hospital; Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. Former Lumleian Lecturer RCP (Lond.), 1925; Past President British Paediatric Association and the Sections for Diseases of Children. Royal Society of Medicine and BMA. Died 1 April 1958.
Publications: The Nervous Child, (5th Edn, 1948); Joseph Lister, The Friend of Man, 1949; Sir Joseph Banks, KB, PRS, 1953; The History of Mr Guy's Hospital 1726-1948, 1954; books and papers upon medical subjects.

Archival history

Acquired by Guy's Hospital Medical School Library.
GB 0100 G/PP1/9 [1959] Collection 1 volume Cameron , [Hector Charles] , 1878-1958 , physician

Born in Glasgow, 17 July 1878, son of Sir Hector Clare Cameron; Educated at Clifton College; University of Glasgow; St John's College, Cambridge (Foundation Scholar in Science); Guy's Hospital (University Scholar); Berlin. MA, Hon. LLD (Glasgow), MA, MD (Cambridge). FRCP (Lond.).
Worked as Demonstrator of Physiology at Guy's Hospital Medical School, and Dean of the Medical and Dental School, 1912-1914, Guy's Hospital, London; Consulting Physician to Department for Diseases of Children, Guy's Hospital; Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. Former Lumleian Lecturer RCP (Lond.), 1925; Past President British Paediatric Association and the Sections for Diseases of Children. Royal Society of Medicine and BMA. Died 1 April 1958.
Publications: The Nervous Child, (5th Edn, 1948); Joseph Lister, The Friend of Man, 1949; Sir Joseph Banks, KB, PRS, 1953; The History of Mr Guy's Hospital 1726-1948, 1954; books and papers upon medical subjects.

Acquired by Guy's Hospital Medical School Library.

Transferred from Guy's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

Manuscript notebook containing notes on various topics including the history of Guy's Hospital. Also letter to `T B L[ayton]' from E Clayton Jones, concerning the source of notebook, 4 Feb 1959; and letter from T B Layton, to 'Mr Chairman', 5 Feb 1959, found in front of the volume.

1 volume

Open, subject to signature on readers' undertaking form.

Copies, subject to condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Records Services.
English

Detailed catalogue

Hector Charles Cameron's correspondence, 1955-1956 (12 items), with W R Dawson, held at the Natural History Museum (Reference: BRN 183482).

Sources: Historical Manuscripts Commission On-line National Register of Archives; Who's Who 1897-1996 CD-ROM (A & C Black). Compiled by Alison Field.

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.

February 2003 Cameron , Hector Charles , 1878-1958 , physician England Europe Guy's Hospital , London History History of medicine London Southwark UK Western Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Transferred from Guy's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Manuscript notebook containing notes on various topics including the history of Guy's Hospital. Also letter to `T B L[ayton]' from E Clayton Jones, concerning the source of notebook, 4 Feb 1959; and letter from T B Layton, to 'Mr Chairman', 5 Feb 1959, found in front of the volume.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

1 volume

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature on readers' undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies, subject to condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Records Services.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Detailed catalogue

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Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Hector Charles Cameron's correspondence, 1955-1956 (12 items), with W R Dawson, held at the Natural History Museum (Reference: BRN 183482).

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Institution identifier

King's College London College Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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