GB 0113 MS-VAILW - VAILLANT, Wilfrid Bernard (b.1864)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0113 MS-VAILW

Title

VAILLANT, Wilfrid Bernard (b.1864)

Date(s)

  • 1926-1939 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

1 oversize file

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Wilfrid Bernard Vaillant was born at Meadowleigh, Weybridge, on 23 September 1864, son of Major Albert Vaillant. He was educated at Clewer Hill School from 1874-78, and then Radley College from 1878-83, where he won several sports prizes. He entered Christ Church College, Oxford, in 1883 and graduated BA in 1890 and MA in 1891.

Between 1885-90 he worked at the recently established Oxford House, Bethnal Green, East London. Oxford House was built to be a home to graduates, tutors and those intending to enter the church so that they might learn at first hand the problems of the city poor, through social, educational and religious work with them.

Vaillant attended Ely Theological College between 1890 and 1891. He was ordained Deacon on 20 September 1891 in Ely Cathedral, and Priest in St Paul's Cathedral on 18 February 1894. He became Curate at the Christ Church Oxford Mission, St Frideswide's, East London.

Archival history

GB 0113 MS-VAILW 1926-1939 Collection (fonds) 1 oversize file Vaillant , Wilfrid Bernard , b.1864 , clergyman

Wilfrid Bernard Vaillant was born at Meadowleigh, Weybridge, on 23 September 1864, son of Major Albert Vaillant. He was educated at Clewer Hill School from 1874-78, and then Radley College from 1878-83, where he won several sports prizes. He entered Christ Church College, Oxford, in 1883 and graduated BA in 1890 and MA in 1891.

Between 1885-90 he worked at the recently established Oxford House, Bethnal Green, East London. Oxford House was built to be a home to graduates, tutors and those intending to enter the church so that they might learn at first hand the problems of the city poor, through social, educational and religious work with them.

Vaillant attended Ely Theological College between 1890 and 1891. He was ordained Deacon on 20 September 1891 in Ely Cathedral, and Priest in St Paul's Cathedral on 18 February 1894. He became Curate at the Christ Church Oxford Mission, St Frideswide's, East London.

Vaillant presented the family tree to the College in 1938, and his notes in 1939

Wilfrid Bernard Vaillant's papers, 1926-1939, include his family tree of the physician Thomas Sydenham, showing Vaillant's descent from Thomas Sydenham, 1938; Biographical notes on the Sydenham family, 1926-39.

Unrestricted

All request should be referred to the Archivist
English

There is material relating to Vaillant held elsewhere in the College archives, including correspondence with him amongst the College's papers on Sydenham's genealogy, 1924-39 (MS54/4-32); Vaillant's family tree of Sydenham was the basis of another family tree of Sydenham drawn up by Arthur Hill, 1909-19 MS54/33).

Source: `The Vaillant Family', Wilfrid Bernard Vaillant, 1932.
Compiled by Katharine Martin

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.

Compiled October 2003 Biographies Genealogy Literary forms and genres Literature Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Personnel Physicians Prose Surgery Vaillant , Wilfrid Bernard , b.1864 , clergyman People by occupation People

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Vaillant presented the family tree to the College in 1938, and his notes in 1939

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Wilfrid Bernard Vaillant's papers, 1926-1939, include his family tree of the physician Thomas Sydenham, showing Vaillant's descent from Thomas Sydenham, 1938; Biographical notes on the Sydenham family, 1926-39.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Unrestricted

Conditions governing reproduction

All request should be referred to the Archivist

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

There is material relating to Vaillant held elsewhere in the College archives, including correspondence with him amongst the College's papers on Sydenham's genealogy, 1924-39 (MS54/4-32); Vaillant's family tree of Sydenham was the basis of another family tree of Sydenham drawn up by Arthur Hill, 1909-19 MS54/33).

Finding aids

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Royal College of Physicians

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area