Collection GB 0120 GC/104 - Martin, Sir Charles James (1866-1955)

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Reference code

GB 0120 GC/104

Title

Martin, Sir Charles James (1866-1955)

Date(s)

  • 1891-1945 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

6 boxes

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Born 1866; educated privately and King's College London; St Thomas's Hospital; University of Leipzig; Demonstrator in Biology and Physiology, King's College London and evening lecturer in Comparative Anatomy, 1887; Demonstrator in Physiology, University of Sydney, 1891; Professor of Physiology, University of Melbourne, 1901; 1903-1930 Director, Lister Insititute of Preventive Medicine, 1903-1930; Professor of Experimental Pathology, University of London; Chief of Division of Animal Nutrition of Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1931-1933; Professor of Bio-chemistry and General Physiology, Adelaide University, 1931-1933; Committees and other appointments: served Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine Expeditionary Force and France, 1915-1919; Lieutenant-Colonel, Australian Army Medical Corps and Consultant Pathologist, Australian Imperial Forces; Chairman of War Office Committee on anti-typhoid innoculation, 1904-1907; Member of Advisory Committee for Investigation of Plague in India, appointed jointly by the India Office, Royal Society and the Lister Institute, 1905-1913; Honours and awards: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1901; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1901; Companion of St Michael and St George, 1919; knighted, 1927; Doctor of Science (honorary) Sheffield and Dublin, Doctor of Laws (honorary) Edinburgh, Doctor of Civil Law (honorary) Durham, Master ofArts (honorary) Cambridge, Fellow of King's College London; Other information: married Edythe Cross, one daughter.

Archival history

GB 0120 GC/104 1891-1945 Collection 6 boxes Martin , Sir , Charles James , 1866-1955 , Knight , doctor

Born 1866; educated privately and King's College London; St Thomas's Hospital; University of Leipzig; Demonstrator in Biology and Physiology, King's College London and evening lecturer in Comparative Anatomy, 1887; Demonstrator in Physiology, University of Sydney, 1891; Professor of Physiology, University of Melbourne, 1901; 1903-1930 Director, Lister Insititute of Preventive Medicine, 1903-1930; Professor of Experimental Pathology, University of London; Chief of Division of Animal Nutrition of Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1931-1933; Professor of Bio-chemistry and General Physiology, Adelaide University, 1931-1933; Committees and other appointments: served Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine Expeditionary Force and France, 1915-1919; Lieutenant-Colonel, Australian Army Medical Corps and Consultant Pathologist, Australian Imperial Forces; Chairman of War Office Committee on anti-typhoid innoculation, 1904-1907; Member of Advisory Committee for Investigation of Plague in India, appointed jointly by the India Office, Royal Society and the Lister Institute, 1905-1913; Honours and awards: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1901; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1901; Companion of St Michael and St George, 1919; knighted, 1927; Doctor of Science (honorary) Sheffield and Dublin, Doctor of Laws (honorary) Edinburgh, Doctor of Civil Law (honorary) Durham, Master ofArts (honorary) Cambridge, Fellow of King's College London; Other information: married Edythe Cross, one daughter.

These reprints were received by the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (now the Wellcome Library Archives and Manuscripts Department) from the Physiological Laboratroy, Cambridge, in May 1989.

Collections of reprints, 1891-1945, on topics including basal metabolism, temperature, radiation, hygiene, thermal adjustment and barometric pressure. These reprints were collected by Sir Charles Martin, although very little of the reprints were written by him. Many of the files contain manuscript notes by Martin, usually on other articles. Some of the reprints have been annotated.

Arranged by title of file - 31 files. Titles ascribed by creator.

Open. 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, French, German

Paper.

Wellcome online catalogue.

Australian Academy of Science Correspondence and papers Medical Research Council Correspondence and papers relating to Lister Institute, 1914-1956 Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre Correspondence with AV Hill, 1910-37 (reference : AVHL).

Entry copied from Wellcome Catalogue by Barbara Ball.

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.

September 2008 Martin , Sir , Charles James , 1866-1955 , Knight , physiologist Biochemistry Metabolism Energy metabolism Basal metabolism Health Hygiene Physical processes Physical properties Radiation Thermal properties Temperature

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These reprints were received by the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (now the Wellcome Library Archives and Manuscripts Department) from the Physiological Laboratroy, Cambridge, in May 1989.

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Scope and content

Collections of reprints, 1891-1945, on topics including basal metabolism, temperature, radiation, hygiene, thermal adjustment and barometric pressure. These reprints were collected by Sir Charles Martin, although very little of the reprints were written by him. Many of the files contain manuscript notes by Martin, usually on other articles. Some of the reprints have been annotated.

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Arranged by title of file - 31 files. Titles ascribed by creator.

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Conditions governing access

Open. 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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English, French, German

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Wellcome online catalogue.

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Australian Academy of Science Correspondence and papers Medical Research Council Correspondence and papers relating to Lister Institute, 1914-1956 Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre Correspondence with AV Hill, 1910-37 (reference : AVHL).

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Wellcome Library

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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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  • English

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