GB 1538 S59 - OSLER, Sir William (1849-1919): telegram to Ramsay Wright

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Reference code

GB 1538 S59

Title

OSLER, Sir William (1849-1919): telegram to Ramsay Wright

Date(s)

  • 1917 (Creation)

Extent and medium

1 item

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Sir William Osler was born in Canada, 1849; educated, Trinity College, Toronto, 1867; McGill University, Montreal, 1870-1872; postgraduate study in University College Hospital, St Thomas's Hospital, University College and the Brown Institute, London, 1872; studied pathology in Berlin and Vienna; returned to Canada, 1874; lectureship in the Institutes of Medicine at McGill University; attending physician at Montreal General, 1878; member of the Royal College of Physicians, 1878; fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1883; chair of clinical medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 1884; founder member of the Association of American Physicians, 1885; physician-in-chief at the hospital and professor of medicine at the medical school, Johns Hopkins University, 1889; regius chair of medicine, Oxford, 1905; died, 1919.

Archival history

GB 1538 S59 1917 Collection (fonds) 1 item Osler , Sir , William , 1849-1919 , Knight , physician

Sir William Osler was born in Canada, 1849; educated, Trinity College, Toronto, 1867; McGill University, Montreal, 1870-1872; postgraduate study in University College Hospital, St Thomas's Hospital, University College and the Brown Institute, London, 1872; studied pathology in Berlin and Vienna; returned to Canada, 1874; lectureship in the Institutes of Medicine at McGill University; attending physician at Montreal General, 1878; member of the Royal College of Physicians, 1878; fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1883; chair of clinical medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 1884; founder member of the Association of American Physicians, 1885; physician-in-chief at the hospital and professor of medicine at the medical school, Johns Hopkins University, 1889; regius chair of medicine, Oxford, 1905; died, 1919.

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Telegram from Sir William Osler to Ramsay Wright notifying him of the death of Osler's son, Edward Revere, of wounds sustained in Belgium, 1917.

Single item

English

No additional finding aids.

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.

Jul 2008 Wars (events) World wars (events) World War One (1914-1918) Osler , Sir , William , 1849-1919 , Knight , physician

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Unknown

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Telegram from Sir William Osler to Ramsay Wright notifying him of the death of Osler's son, Edward Revere, of wounds sustained in Belgium, 1917.

System of arrangement

Single item

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Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Institution identifier

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Language(s)

  • English