GB 0120 MSS.5365-5369 & 5428 - Ware, James (1756-1815)

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GB 0120 MSS.5365-5369 & 5428

Title

Ware, James (1756-1815)

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  • 1760s-1780s (Creation)

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5 volumes and 1 document

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Biographical history

James Ware was an eminent surgeon and oculist, born about 1756, Portsmouth. After having been demonstrator of anatomy at Cambridge, he formed a partnership in the metropolis with Mr Wathen, which continued until 1791; after which he practised on his own account and attained a first-rate reputation. Among his works are Observations on Ophthlamy, Remarks on Fistula Lachrymalis, Chirurgical Observations. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society. He died 1815.

Archival history

GB 0120 MSS.5365-5369 & 5428 1760s-1780s Collection (fonds) 5 volumes and 1 document Ware , James , 1756-1815 , ophthalmic surgeon

James Ware was an eminent surgeon and oculist, born about 1756, Portsmouth. After having been demonstrator of anatomy at Cambridge, he formed a partnership in the metropolis with Mr Wathen, which continued until 1791; after which he practised on his own account and attained a first-rate reputation. Among his works are Observations on Ophthlamy, Remarks on Fistula Lachrymalis, Chirurgical Observations. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society. He died 1815.

Deposited by Dr Martin Ware, 1985-1987 (accessions 346709, 347590, 347697), with the exception of MS.5428 which was presented by Douglas G. Lister in 1986 (acc.347664).

Papers of James Ware including notes for lectures on the eye and its disorders, notes on anatomy and mathematics, and a partnership indenture, 1760s-1780s.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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 Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

For a longhand transcription, see MS. 5428.

In the Wellcome Library: Two letters by Ware are held as MS.8006/8.

At other repositories: Further papers of James Ware are deposited in the Surrey Record Office, Guildford Muniment Room (ref. 1487).

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited by Dr Martin Ware, 1985-1987 (accessions 346709, 347590, 347697), with the exception of MS.5428 which was presented by Douglas G. Lister in 1986 (acc.347664).

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Papers of James Ware including notes for lectures on the eye and its disorders, notes on anatomy and mathematics, and a partnership indenture, 1760s-1780s.

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Conditions governing access

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction

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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

In the Wellcome Library: Two letters by Ware are held as MS.8006/8.

Finding aids

Described in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

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For a longhand transcription, see MS. 5428.

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At other repositories: Further papers of James Ware are deposited in the Surrey Record Office, Guildford Muniment Room (ref. 1487).

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Wellcome Library

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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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