GB 0120 GP/31 - Horder, Thomas Jeeves, Lord Horder of Ashford (1871-1955)

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GB 0120 GP/31

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Horder, Thomas Jeeves, Lord Horder of Ashford (1871-1955)

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  • 1904-1955 (Création/Production)

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10 boxes

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Horder qualified MB 1898, MD 1899. After holding house appointments at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, he was appointed to the honorary staff of the Great Northern Hospital in 1900 and the Cancer Hospital, Fulham, in 1906. In 1912 he became a consultant at St Bartholomew's and remained there until his retirement in 1936 (Senior Physician 1933-1936). He was attached in a consulting capacity to the Royal Northern Hospital, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, the Royal Cancer Hospital and several hospitals outside London. During the First World War he was Captain, RAMC, attached to 1st London General Hospital. He was knighted in 1918 and made a baronet in 1926 and a baron in 1933.

He was appointed honorary consultant to the Ministry of Pensions in 1939 and medical advisor to London Transport in 1940 and to Lord Woolton at the Ministry of Food in 1941. He was president of the Eugenics Society from 1935 until his death, chairman of the Empire Rheumatism Council 1936-1953, and chairman of the scientific advisory committee of the British Empire Cancer Campaign (BECC) and later of its grand council, as well as being involved in many other bodies as diverse as the Family Planning Association (FPA) and the Noise Abatement Society. Further details can be found in obituaries and appreciations in file GP/31/A.3, and in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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GB 0120 GP/31 1904-1955 Collection (fonds) 10 boxes Horder , Thomas Jeeves , 1871-1955 , 1st Baron Horder , physician

Horder qualified MB 1898, MD 1899. After holding house appointments at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, he was appointed to the honorary staff of the Great Northern Hospital in 1900 and the Cancer Hospital, Fulham, in 1906. In 1912 he became a consultant at St Bartholomew's and remained there until his retirement in 1936 (Senior Physician 1933-1936). He was attached in a consulting capacity to the Royal Northern Hospital, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, the Royal Cancer Hospital and several hospitals outside London. During the First World War he was Captain, RAMC, attached to 1st London General Hospital. He was knighted in 1918 and made a baronet in 1926 and a baron in 1933.

He was appointed honorary consultant to the Ministry of Pensions in 1939 and medical advisor to London Transport in 1940 and to Lord Woolton at the Ministry of Food in 1941. He was president of the Eugenics Society from 1935 until his death, chairman of the Empire Rheumatism Council 1936-1953, and chairman of the scientific advisory committee of the British Empire Cancer Campaign (BECC) and later of its grand council, as well as being involved in many other bodies as diverse as the Family Planning Association (FPA) and the Noise Abatement Society. Further details can be found in obituaries and appreciations in file GP/31/A.3, and in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

This material was transferred to the Wellcome Library in September 1997 by the Royal College of General Practitioners, which had received it from the Horder family

Papers of Thomas Jeeves Horder, 1904-1955, including Horder's appointment diaries, [one at St Bartholomew's Hospital and one at his private practice], memorabilia, Horder's talks and writings, obituaries and appreciations of his life and work, and a very small accumulation of case notes, apparently from his private practice.

Arranged in sections as follows: A. Personal and biographical 1904-1955; B. Speeches and writings [1920s-1940s];

C. Case notes 1909-1914;

D. Appointment diaries 1907-1955.

Certain restrictions apply. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking, with the exception of the patient record cards that comprise GP/31/C: these are closed until 1/01/2015.

Certain restrictions apply.

English

In the Wellcome Library:

Horder was involved with various organisations whose records are held in the Library, namely the British Empire Cancer Campaign (SA/CRC), the Eugenics Society (SA/EUG), and the Family Planning Association (SA/FPA).

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

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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This material was transferred to the Wellcome Library in September 1997 by the Royal College of General Practitioners, which had received it from the Horder family

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Papers of Thomas Jeeves Horder, 1904-1955, including Horder's appointment diaries, [one at St Bartholomew's Hospital and one at his private practice], memorabilia, Horder's talks and writings, obituaries and appreciations of his life and work, and a very small accumulation of case notes, apparently from his private practice.

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Arranged in sections as follows: A. Personal and biographical 1904-1955; B. Speeches and writings [1920s-1940s];

C. Case notes 1909-1914;

D. Appointment diaries 1907-1955.

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Certain restrictions apply. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking, with the exception of the patient record cards that comprise GP/31/C: these are closed until 1/01/2015.

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Certain restrictions apply.

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  • anglais

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  • latin

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English

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In the Wellcome Library:

Horder was involved with various organisations whose records are held in the Library, namely the British Empire Cancer Campaign (SA/CRC), the Eugenics Society (SA/EUG), and the Family Planning Association (SA/FPA).

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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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