GB 0120 MSS.2197-2200 & 6041-6045 - Dobell, Clifford (1886-1949), FRS, protozoologist and parasitologist

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GB 0120 MSS.2197-2200 & 6041-6045

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Dobell, Clifford (1886-1949), FRS, protozoologist and parasitologist

Date(s)

  • 1899-1943 (Creation)

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38 items

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Biographical history

Dobell was a distinguished protozoologist and parasitologist and was elected FRS in 1918. He was appointed protozoologist to the Medical Research Council in the following year.

Archival history

GB 0120 MSS.2197-2200 & 6041-6045 1899-1943 Collection (fonds) 38 items Dobell , Clifford , 1886-1949 , protozoologist and parasitologist

Dobell was a distinguished protozoologist and parasitologist and was elected FRS in 1918. He was appointed protozoologist to the Medical Research Council in the following year.

Presented in two accessions by Mrs. Dobell, 1951 and 1958 and presented by Dr. Neale, 1958.

Clifford Dobell's personal papers, including protozoology drawings, his reviews of books, original plates and drawings for Dobell's scientific papers. Also, Dobell's papers relating to Giovanni Battista Grassi (1854-1925) and his claim to priority in the discovery of the mode of transmission of malaria.

MSS.2197-2200 comprise protozoology material. MSS.6041-6045 relate to Giovanni Battista Grassi.

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.

English and Italian

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 and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Feb 2009 Dobell , Clifford , 1886-1949 , protozoologist and parasitologist Memory Memorization Genetics Evolution Dysentery Microbiology Bacteriology Pathology Diseases Infectious diseases Malaria Physiology Reproductive and urinary physiology Reproduction Parthenogenesis Reproduction, asexual Death Life cycle Alternative therapies Phrenology Grassi , Giovanni Battista , 1854-1925 , zoologist Cognition

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented in two accessions by Mrs. Dobell, 1951 and 1958 and presented by Dr. Neale, 1958.

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Scope and content

Clifford Dobell's personal papers, including protozoology drawings, his reviews of books, original plates and drawings for Dobell's scientific papers. Also, Dobell's papers relating to Giovanni Battista Grassi (1854-1925) and his claim to priority in the discovery of the mode of transmission of malaria.

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MSS.2197-2200 comprise protozoology material. MSS.6041-6045 relate to Giovanni Battista Grassi.

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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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English and Italian

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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 and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

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Wellcome Library

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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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