GB 0120 GC/153 - Collier, Professor Leslie Harold (b.1921)

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GB 0120 GC/153

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Collier, Professor Leslie Harold (b.1921)

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  • 1944-1971 (Creation)

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1 box

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Professor Leslie Harold Collier, Virologist, MRCS, FRCP, FRCPath. Assistant Bacteriologist in the Vaccine Lymph Department at the Lister Institute 1948-1955, where he was involved in the development of a heat-stable smallpox vaccine. Carried out research on trachoma when he was Honorary Director of the Medical Research Council Trachoma Research Unit at the Lister Institute and in the Gambia, 1957-1973. Was also involved in the WHO Scientific Group on Trachoma Research. Emeritus Professor (Virol.) University of London. Late Professor Virology and Senior Lecturer Joint Department of Virology, London Hospital Medical College and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London. Director Vaccines and Sera Laboratories, Lister Institute, Elstree.

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GB 0120 GC/153 1944-1971 Collection (fonds) 1 box Collier , Leslie Harold , b 1921 , virologist

Professor Leslie Harold Collier, Virologist, MRCS, FRCP, FRCPath. Assistant Bacteriologist in the Vaccine Lymph Department at the Lister Institute 1948-1955, where he was involved in the development of a heat-stable smallpox vaccine. Carried out research on trachoma when he was Honorary Director of the Medical Research Council Trachoma Research Unit at the Lister Institute and in the Gambia, 1957-1973. Was also involved in the WHO Scientific Group on Trachoma Research. Emeritus Professor (Virol.) University of London. Late Professor Virology and Senior Lecturer Joint Department of Virology, London Hospital Medical College and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London. Director Vaccines and Sera Laboratories, Lister Institute, Elstree.

These papers were given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (now Archives and Manuscripts, Wellcome Library) by Professor Collier in Nov 1993.

Papers of Professor Leslie Harold Collier including laboratory notebook re heat-stable smallpox vaccine, 1949, and 8 files of correspondence and papers re trachoma research, 1944-1971.

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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Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

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.

Mar 2009. Virology Tropical diseases Pharmacology Medical sciences Drugs Vaccines Biological products Microbiology Information sources Documents Notebooks Laboratory notebooks Infectious diseases Smallpox Pathology Diseases Trachoma Collier , Leslie Harold , b 1921 , virologist

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These papers were given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (now Archives and Manuscripts, Wellcome Library) by Professor Collier in Nov 1993.

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Papers of Professor Leslie Harold Collier including laboratory notebook re heat-stable smallpox vaccine, 1949, and 8 files of correspondence and papers re trachoma research, 1944-1971.

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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.

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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

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  • Latin

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English

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Wellcome Library

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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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