GB 0120 MSS.2537-2539 - Godlee, Sir Rickman John (1847-1925)

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GB 0120 MSS.2537-2539

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Godlee, Sir Rickman John (1847-1925)

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  • 1867-1924 (Creation)

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3 volumes

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Rickman Godlee was a Quaker, surgeon and biographer of Lord Lister. For further information see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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GB 0120 MSS.2537-2539 1867-1924 Collection (fonds) 3 volumes Godlee , Sir , Rickman John , 1849-1925 , 1st Baronet , surgeon

Rickman Godlee was a Quaker, surgeon and biographer of Lord Lister. For further information see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Presented by Lady Godlee, 1926.

Papers of Rickman Godlee as a student comprising notes of lectures given by Thomas Huxley, sketches of anatomical dissections, and volume on surgery for the anniversary of University College London, 1867-1924.

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

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).

In the Wellcome Library: Godlee, and other members of his family, are represented in the correspondence of the Hodgkin family (PP/HO).

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.

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Presented by Lady Godlee, 1926.

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Papers of Rickman Godlee as a student comprising notes of lectures given by Thomas Huxley, sketches of anatomical dissections, and volume on surgery for the anniversary of University College London, 1867-1924.

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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.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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In the Wellcome Library: Godlee, and other members of his family, are represented in the correspondence of the Hodgkin family (PP/HO).

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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).

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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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