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- 1904-1957 (Creation)
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0.03 linear metres.
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Sir John Herbert Parsons was born in 1868 in Bristol. He qualified in medicine in 1892, and became assistant in Department of Physiology at University College, and was engaged in general practice in Finchley. His interest developed in ophthalmology. He gained a position of clinical assistant at Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (Moorfields Eye Hospital) where he later became curator and librarian. He was elected to surgical staff there in 1904 and continued as consulting surgeon.
He became ophthalmic surgeon to University College Hospital and also Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street. He was also a scientist carrying out and producing major research on the physiology of the eye and optics and became a world authority in ophthalmic pathology. Between 1904-1908 his work The Pathology of the Eye was published in four editions, alongside other extensive contributions during his career.
He was based at 26 Bryanston Square, Marylebone, Westminster during 1950s. Parsons died in 1957.
Mrs Dorothea Middleton-Joy, compiler of the scrapbook, lived in Leeds in 1945. A letter of condolence shows she was based at 26 Bryanston Square, London in 1957. She does not appear in the list of attendance at the memorial service.
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Discovered in the basement of the offices of Lithgoe Pepper and Eldridge, solicitors.
GB 0074 LMA/4546 1904-1957 Collection 0.03 linear metres. Middleton-Joy , Dorothea , fl 1945-1957
Sir John Herbert Parsons was born in 1868 in Bristol. He qualified in medicine in 1892, and became assistant in Department of Physiology at University College, and was engaged in general practice in Finchley. His interest developed in ophthalmology. He gained a position of clinical assistant at Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (Moorfields Eye Hospital) where he later became curator and librarian. He was elected to surgical staff there in 1904 and continued as consulting surgeon.
He became ophthalmic surgeon to University College Hospital and also Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street. He was also a scientist carrying out and producing major research on the physiology of the eye and optics and became a world authority in ophthalmic pathology. Between 1904-1908 his work The Pathology of the Eye was published in four editions, alongside other extensive contributions during his career.
He was based at 26 Bryanston Square, Marylebone, Westminster during 1950s. Parsons died in 1957.
Mrs Dorothea Middleton-Joy, compiler of the scrapbook, lived in Leeds in 1945. A letter of condolence shows she was based at 26 Bryanston Square, London in 1957. She does not appear in the list of attendance at the memorial service.
Discovered in the basement of the offices of Lithgoe Pepper and Eldridge, solicitors.
Gifted to the Archive in August 2010.
Records relating to Sir John Herbert Parsons, ophthalmic surgeon, comprising scrapbook relating to his career.
One volume.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
See Moorfields Eye Hospital and predecessors including Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (H47). See also records held by London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections.
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.
Records prepared May to September 2011. Information sources Documents Primary documents Archives Personal papers Personal archives Medical sciences Ophthalmology Eye surgery Surgery Parsons , Sir , John Herbert , 1868-1957 , Knight , ophthalmic surgeon
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Gifted to the Archive in August 2010.
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Records relating to Sir John Herbert Parsons, ophthalmic surgeon, comprising scrapbook relating to his career.
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One volume.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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See Moorfields Eye Hospital and predecessors including Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (H47). See also records held by London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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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