GB 0114 MS0064 - Carless, Albert (1863-1936)

2 boxes

GB 0114 MS0064 1881-1936 Collection (fonds) 2 boxes Carless , Albert , 1863-1936 , surgeon

Albert Carless was born in Surrey, in 1863. He was educated at Carrington Lodge, Richmond; at King's College School, London; at King's College London, where he won the senior scholarship in 1885; and at King's College Hospital. He had a distinguished undergraduate career, qualifying for the gold medal in surgery at the BS examination in 1887 and at the MS examination in the following year. In the King's College medical faculty he won the gold medal and prize for botany, the junior scholarship, the second-year scholarship, the senior medical scholarship, the Warneford prize and the Leathes prize. He was appointed house surgeon to King's College Hospital in 1885 and three years later he became Sambrooke surgical registrar. He was elected assistant surgeon to the Hospital in 1889, having the good fortune to serve under Joseph Lister; became surgeon in 1898, and from 1902 to 1918 was Professor of Surgery at King's College in succession to William Watson Cheyne. He accepted a commission as major a la suite in the territorial service in 1912, and was gazetted colonel AMS in 1917, serving at first as surgeon to the 4th London General Hospital and later as consulting surgeon to the Eastern Command; for his services he was created CBE in 1919. He retired from surgical work on demobilisation in 1919, resigned his hospital appointments, and devoted himself during the rest of his life to philanthropic work. He acted as honorary medical director at Dr Barnardo's Homes from 1919 to 1926. He died in 1936.

The provenance of the collection is unknown. The papers were found in the Library in 1997, and were accessioned in 2000.

Papers of Albert Carless, 1881-1936, comprising information relating to education, 1879-1889; drafts of speeches, c 1904-1922; notes, c 1912-1920; letters and papers referring to work during World War One, 1908-1921; information relating to Barnardo's, 1919-1926; letters and testimonials, 1890-1919; personal information, 1911-1936; reprints of work by Arthur Carless, 1896-1902; and publications and reprints of work by other authors, 1910-1935.

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At the discretion of the librarian.
English

Additional manuscripts catalogue.

Surgical lecture notes in King's College London Archives (KH/PP1).

Compiled by Anya Turner.

Source: The Lives of the Fellows of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, Volume 3: 1930-1951, p 131. 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 Wars (events) Carless , Albert , 1863-1936 , surgeon Documents Dr Barnardo's Homes Education Higher science education Information sources International conflicts Literary forms and genres Literature Medical education Medical sciences Speeches Surgery Testimonials War World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events)

The provenance of the collection is unknown. The papers were found in the Library in 1997, and were accessioned in 2000.

Papers of Albert Carless, 1881-1936, comprising information relating to education, 1879-1889; drafts of speeches, c 1904-1922; notes, c 1912-1920; letters and papers referring to work during World War One, 1908-1921; information relating to Barnardo's, 1919-1926; letters and testimonials, 1890-1919; personal information, 1911-1936; reprints of work by Arthur Carless, 1896-1902; and publications and reprints of work by other authors, 1910-1935.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

By written appointment only.

At the discretion of the librarian.

• Engels

• Latijn

English

Additional manuscripts catalogue.

Surgical lecture notes in King's College London Archives (KH/PP1).

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.

• Engels