GB 1556 WL 599c - Singer, Charles (1876-1960): Correspondence relating to Jewish academics in Nazi Germany (microfilm)

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GB 1556 WL 599c 1935-1936 Collection level 165 frames Singer , Charles Joseph , 1876-1960 , historian of medicine and science
Charles Joseph Singer (MA, DM, D.Litt.,Hon D.Sc., FRCP), born 2 Nov 1876, London; studied University College London, and from 1896-1899 studied zoology at Oxford, graduating BA, BCh.; qualified from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School MRCS LRCP, 1903. He gained other degrees honours during his career: MA MD; FRCP; Honorary DSc. From 1904-1908 Singer held various posts in England and abroad, including Sussex County Hospital; Brighton; Government House, Singapore; Abyssinia (Medical Officer to exhibition); Malta and Salonica, where he trained during the First World War when he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Singer held various posts throughout his career: Registrar to the Cancer Hospital, London; Physician to the Dreadnought Hospital; Lecturer in the history of medicine at University College London, as well as work abroad including Visiting Professor at University of California, Berkeley.

Singer family

Correspondence documenting the concerns of the distinguished academic, Charles Singer and colleagues, in relation to the restrictions on academic freedom in Nazi Germany and in particular the discrimination against non-Aryan professors during the Heidelberg University Jubilee celebrations, 1935. Correspondents include: J.D. Bernal, P.J. Noel Baker, E.M. Forster, Leonard Woolf, C.M. MacInnes, J.R. Marrack, Bishop of Durham, F.M. Powicke, Sir Josiah Stamp, Leonard G. Montefiore, Alfred Wiener, Ephraim Little, Cyril Bailey, Aldous Huxley.

The correspondence was not filmed in any particular order. Copy outgoing correspondence of Charles Singer is mixed in with the incoming letters.

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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel

See also the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (www.library.wellcome.ac.uk/) Collection No. GB 0120 PP/CJS for further manuscript correspondence of Charles Singer, including material relating to Jewish refugees.

Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn. 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. November 2007 Antisemitism Baker , Philip John , Noel- , 1889-1982 , Baron Noel-Baker of the City of Derby , Labour politician and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize x Noel-Baker , Philip John x Baker of the City of Derby , Baron , Noel- x Noel-Baker of the City of Derby , Baron Bernal , John Desmond , 1901-1971 , physicist Civil and political rights Forster , Edward Morgan , 1879-1970 , novelist and critic Freedom of thought Human rights Huxley , Aldous Leonard , 1894-1963 , author Interethnic relations Jews Migrants Nazism Political doctrines Racial discrimination Refugees Religious groups Singer , Charles Joseph , 1876-1960 , historian of medicine and science Stamp , Josiah Charles , 1880-1941 , 1st Baron Stamp of Shortlands , statistician x Stamp of Shortlands , 1st Baron Third Reich Totalitarianism University of Heidelberg x Heidelberg University

Singer family

Correspondence documenting the concerns of the distinguished academic, Charles Singer and colleagues, in relation to the restrictions on academic freedom in Nazi Germany and in particular the discrimination against non-Aryan professors during the Heidelberg University Jubilee celebrations, 1935. Correspondents include: J.D. Bernal, P.J. Noel Baker, E.M. Forster, Leonard Woolf, C.M. MacInnes, J.R. Marrack, Bishop of Durham, F.M. Powicke, Sir Josiah Stamp, Leonard G. Montefiore, Alfred Wiener, Ephraim Little, Cyril Bailey, Aldous Huxley.

The correspondence was not filmed in any particular order. Copy outgoing correspondence of Charles Singer is mixed in with the incoming letters.

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

• inglês

• latim

Mostly English

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

See also the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (www.library.wellcome.ac.uk/) Collection No. GB 0120 PP/CJS for further manuscript correspondence of Charles Singer, including material relating to Jewish refugees.

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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