GB 0114 MS0039 - Erichsen, Sir John Eric

1 volume

GB 0114 MS0039 1881 Collection (fonds) 1 volume University College London

John Eric Erichsen was born in Copenhagen in 1818. He was educated at the Mansion House School, Hammersmith, and studied medicine at University College London, and in Paris. On his return to London he served as House Surgeon at University College Hospital. He was elected Secretary of the Physiological Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1844, and received the Fothergillian Gold Medal of the Royal Humane Society in 1845, for An Essay on Asphyxia. Erichsen was appointed Assistant Surgeon to University College Hospital in 1848 and became full Surgeon to the hospital at the age of 32. He was President of the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Society from 1879-1881, and also in 1881, the President of the Surgical Section at the meeting in London of the International Medical Congress. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1876. In 1877 he was appointed the first Inspector under the Vivisection Act, and in the same year he was appointed Surgeon Extraordinary to the Queen. He became President of the Council of University College in 1887, an office he held until his death. He was created a baronet in 1895, and died in 1896.

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Papers relating to Sir John Eric Erichsen, 1881, comprising a volume listing the names of subscribers to the University College London Testimonial Fund for Sir John Eric Erichsen in 1881. The fund was to obtain a permanent memorial to acknowledge his services to the School of Medicine of University College, and to students of surgery in all parts of the world. Including a printed list of names and a letter inviting subscriptions to the fund, folded into the front of the volume.

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Letter from Erichsen to Lord Lister. See Lister Collection Drawer 4.

Compiled by Anya Turner.

Source: Edited from The Lives of the Fellows of The Royal College of Surgeons of England Volume 1: A-MCD, p378

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 Memorials Finance Fees Subscriptions Medical profession Medical personnel Surgeons Medical sciences Surgery People People by occupation Personnel Information sources Documents Testimonials Decorative features Building components Fundraising Financing Physicians Budget contributions Erichsen , Sir , John Eric , 1818-1896 , 1st Baronet , surgeon University College London University College London , Medical School

The provenance of the item is unknown.

Papers relating to Sir John Eric Erichsen, 1881, comprising a volume listing the names of subscribers to the University College London Testimonial Fund for Sir John Eric Erichsen in 1881. The fund was to obtain a permanent memorial to acknowledge his services to the School of Medicine of University College, and to students of surgery in all parts of the world. Including a printed list of names and a letter inviting subscriptions to the fund, folded into the front of the volume.

As outlines in Scope and Content.

Access available by appointment with the Deputy Librarian.

No photocopying permitted.

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• latin

English

Letter from Erichsen to Lord Lister. See Lister Collection Drawer 4.

Card catalogue

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.

• anglais