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John Williams was born in Gwennap, Cornwall, in 1819. He was educated at Swansea Grammar School and afterwards studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He became interested in comparative anatomy and was elected Student Assistant at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843. He accepted an appointment as Surgeon to the Honourable East India Company in 1847, and went to the Bengal Presidency. He served in India as Surgeon Major, then as Deputy Inspector of Army Hospitals until he retired. He died in 1878.
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GB 0114 MS0074 1844-1846 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Williams , John , 1819-1878 , surgeon
John Williams was born in Gwennap, Cornwall, in 1819. He was educated at Swansea Grammar School and afterwards studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He became interested in comparative anatomy and was elected Student Assistant at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843. He accepted an appointment as Surgeon to the Honourable East India Company in 1847, and went to the Bengal Presidency. He served in India as Surgeon Major, then as Deputy Inspector of Army Hospitals until he retired. He died in 1878.
The provenance of this volume is not recorded. However, it is likely that the volume was left in the College by John Williams after completing his studentship in anatomy in 1846.
Papers of John Williams, 1844-1846, comprising notes on dissections, cataloguing and other work done whilst a Student of Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
Other volumes of work by Students of Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons of England:
MS0033 - Falconer, John; MS0047 - Arlidge, John Thomas; MS0058 - Hulme, Edward Charles and Skinner, George Robert; MS0074 - Williams, John; MS0132 - Monckton, David Henry; MS0133 - Hallett, George Henry; MS00134 - Carter, Henry Vandyke; MS0135 - Lizars, John and Silvester, Henry Robert; MS0136 - Sylvester, John Henry.
Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: The Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons, Volume 2: MACE-YOU, p 528.
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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The provenance of this volume is not recorded. However, it is likely that the volume was left in the College by John Williams after completing his studentship in anatomy in 1846.
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Papers of John Williams, 1844-1846, comprising notes on dissections, cataloguing and other work done whilst a Student of Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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Other volumes of work by Students of Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons of England:
MS0033 - Falconer, John; MS0047 - Arlidge, John Thomas; MS0058 - Hulme, Edward Charles and Skinner, George Robert; MS0074 - Williams, John; MS0132 - Monckton, David Henry; MS0133 - Hallett, George Henry; MS00134 - Carter, Henry Vandyke; MS0135 - Lizars, John and Silvester, Henry Robert; MS0136 - Sylvester, John Henry.
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
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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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