GB 0120 MS.7856 - Roche, Eleazer Birch (1848-1930)

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GB 0120 MS.7856 1782-1967 Collection (fonds) 32 items Roche , Eleazer Birch , 1848-1930 , general practitioner and homoeopath

Eleazer Birch Roche, known in the family as "Gillmer", was born in Liverpool in 1848. He was the son of John Roche MD (d 1889) and Catherine Sarah Roche (née Gillmer); his grandfathers were John Roche of Cork, a Professor of Music, and Captain Eleazer Gillmer of the East India Company's troops. Eleazer Roche trained at King's College, London, obtaining the qualifications of MRCS and LRCP After qualifying he was House-Surgeon at King's College Hospital, where he was involved in identifying and examining the body of the explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873); subsequently he served as Surgical Registrar and Senior Demonstrator of Anatomy at King's College. In 1881 he married Helen Winter, the marriage producing seven children. After leaving London he was in general practice in Norwich, initially in partnership with his father, for many years. He was a Fellow and later President of the British Homoeopathic Society. He died in 1930.

Presented by the Rev Dr J Talbot (via Professor Roger Cooter), 23rd March 2000.

Notes, diaries, certificates and cuttings by or about Eleazer Birch Roche or, in a few cases, other members of his family, 1782-1967.

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. Please note that MS.7856/16 is undergoing conservation assessment preparatory to exhibition in the Wellcome Trust 183 Galleries 'Heart' exhibition in 2007. Access is restricted and readers should contact an archivist about viewing the item.

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

Described in Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.

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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Presented by the Rev Dr J Talbot (via Professor Roger Cooter), 23rd March 2000.

Notes, diaries, certificates and cuttings by or about Eleazer Birch Roche or, in a few cases, other members of his family, 1782-1967.

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. Please note that MS.7856/16 is undergoing conservation assessment preparatory to exhibition in the Wellcome Trust 183 Galleries 'Heart' exhibition in 2007. Access is restricted and readers should contact an archivist about viewing the item.

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.

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English

Described in Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.

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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