GB 0114 MS0202 - Finlayson, James (1840-1906)

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GB 0114 MS0202

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Finlayson, James (1840-1906)

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  • 1893 (Creation)

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James Finlayson was born in Glasgow in 1840. He studied his MB at Glasgow in 1867 and also became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh that year. He received his doctor of medicine in 1869, also from Glasgow, and became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow in 1771. During his career he was a physician and lecturer on clinical medicine at the West Infirmary, Glasgow; Consultant Physician at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow and for the Glasgow Hospital for Diseases of the Ear; Medical Adv[ocate] at the Scotland Amicable Life Assurance Society; President and Honorary librarian of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; President of the Glasgow Pathological and Clinical Society; member of the Royal Philosophical Society, Glasgow; and House Surgeon to the Clinical Hospital and Dispensary for Children, Manchester. He died in 1906.

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GB 0114 MS0202 1893 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Finlayson , James , 1840-1906 , physician

James Finlayson was born in Glasgow in 1840. He studied his MB at Glasgow in 1867 and also became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh that year. He received his doctor of medicine in 1869, also from Glasgow, and became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow in 1771. During his career he was a physician and lecturer on clinical medicine at the West Infirmary, Glasgow; Consultant Physician at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow and for the Glasgow Hospital for Diseases of the Ear; Medical Adv[ocate] at the Scotland Amicable Life Assurance Society; President and Honorary librarian of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; President of the Glasgow Pathological and Clinical Society; member of the Royal Philosophical Society, Glasgow; and House Surgeon to the Clinical Hospital and Dispensary for Children, Manchester. He died in 1906.

Presented by James Finlayson, in 1893.

Papers of James Finlayson, 1893, comprising a typescript of a publication by Finlayson titled Was John Hunter a student in the University of Glasgow. This article was published in the British Medical Journal on 8 Jul 1893, and examines whether the "John Hunter" who matriculated at the University of Glasgow in 1745, was the famous "John Hunter," surgeon and anatomist.

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Compiled by Anya Turner.

Source: Medical Directory 1867, 1900, and 1905.
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.

Sep 2008 London University of Glasgow Hunter , John , 1728-1793 , surgeon and anatomist Finlayson , James , 1840-1906 , physician Students University students England UK Western Europe Europe Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland

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Presented by James Finlayson, in 1893.

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Papers of James Finlayson, 1893, comprising a typescript of a publication by Finlayson titled Was John Hunter a student in the University of Glasgow. This article was published in the British Medical Journal on 8 Jul 1893, and examines whether the "John Hunter" who matriculated at the University of Glasgow in 1745, was the famous "John Hunter," surgeon and anatomist.

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No photocopying permitted.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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Royal College of Surgeons of England

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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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