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- 1798 (Creation)
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1 vol.
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Alexander Hamilton was baptised in 1739; assistant to John Straiton, surgeon, of Edinburgh, 1758; member of the Edinburgh College of Surgeons, 1762; licentiate, and subsequently a fellow, of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; physician to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 1772; joint professor of midwifery in the University of Edinburgh with Dr Thomas Young, 1780 and sole professor, 1783-1800; was instrumental in establishing the Lying-in Hospital, 1791; died, 1802.
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Presented to the College in July 1955 by Sir Henry Cohen via Sir Arthur Gemmell.
GB 1538 S88 1798 Collection (fonds) 1 vol. Unknown
Alexander Hamilton was baptised in 1739; assistant to John Straiton, surgeon, of Edinburgh, 1758; member of the Edinburgh College of Surgeons, 1762; licentiate, and subsequently a fellow, of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; physician to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 1772; joint professor of midwifery in the University of Edinburgh with Dr Thomas Young, 1780 and sole professor, 1783-1800; was instrumental in establishing the Lying-in Hospital, 1791; died, 1802.
Presented to the College in July 1955 by Sir Henry Cohen via Sir Arthur Gemmell.
Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in September 2007.
Shorthand notes by an unknown student taken from lectures on midwifery delivered by Alexander Hamilton, 1798.
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Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford DNB.
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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Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in September 2007.
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Shorthand notes by an unknown student taken from lectures on midwifery delivered by Alexander Hamilton, 1798.
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- English
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- Latin
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English shorthand
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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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