GB 0100 TH/PP37 - LEESON, John Rudd (b 1854)

1 file, 2 medals

Presented to St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library, 1951.
GB 0100 TH/PP37 1874-1884, 1951 Collection (fonds) 1 file, 2 medals Leeson , John Rudd , b 1854 , physician
Leeson , Spencer , 1892-1956 , Bishop of Peterborough
John Rudd Leeson was born in London, 6 Jan 1854, the son of John Leeson. He was educated at St Thomas's Hospital, Edinburgh, Vienna, and Berlin Universities, obtaining MD, CM, (Edinburgh) and MRCS (England). In Edinburgh, he was Dresser and House Surgeon to Professor Joseph Lister. Leeson served as House Physician, 1876, and Demonstrator or Anatomy, 1878, St Thomas's Hospital; Senior Consultant Physician and Chairman St John's Hospital, Twickenham; and Consultant Physician Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage. He married firstly Margaret Lewis, and secondly Caroline Gwatkin.
Spencer Leeson, Bishop of Peterborough, (1892-1956) was the son of John Rudd Leeson.

Presented to St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library, 1951.

Transferred from St Thomas' Hospital Medical School Library in 2002

Papers of John Rudd Leeson comprising letters and testimonials from Joseph Lister (1827-1912), 1877-1878, 1884; two large medals awarded to Leeson by Edinburgh University for Chemistry, 1874, and Clinical Surgery 1874-1875.
Also contains note from Spencer Leeson providing biographical information about his father, and explanation of the medals and letter, 1951.

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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.
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Sources: Who's Who 1897-1996 CD-ROM (A & C Black); The Medical Who's Who, 1925, Grafton Publishing Co Ltd, London. Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the Library of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School (1491-1900) D T Bird (London, 1984). Description compiled by Alison Field 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 January 2004 Leeson , John Rudd , b 1854 , physician Leeson , Spencer , 1892-1956 , Bishop of Peterborough Lister , Joseph , 1827-1912 , 1st Baron Lister , surgeon x Lister , 1st Baron Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Personnel Physicians Surgery People by occupation People

Transferred from St Thomas' Hospital Medical School Library in 2002

Papers of John Rudd Leeson comprising letters and testimonials from Joseph Lister (1827-1912), 1877-1878, 1884; two large medals awarded to Leeson by Edinburgh University for Chemistry, 1874, and Clinical Surgery 1874-1875.
Also contains note from Spencer Leeson providing biographical information about his father, and explanation of the medals and letter, 1951.

Arranged as described in the Scope and Content

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.

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English

Detailed 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