IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS605
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Waller, Augustus Desiré (1656-1922)
Date(s): c1900
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 Volume
Name of creator(s): Waller | Augustus Desiré | 1856-1922 | physiologist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Augustus Désiré Waller was born in 1856 in Paris to the eminent physiologist A. V. Waller. Following in his father's footsteps, Waller went on to be elected to the Royal Society and become the Director of the Physiological Laboratory at the University of London. He held similar posts in Paris, Moscow, Rome and Belgium. He died in 1922.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
A medical notebook complied by Augustus Desiré Waller in the late 19th century with numerous citations from German medical authorities, a list of Waller's own publications, printed papers by him and other printed notices of his experiments.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
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Conditions governing access:
Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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Archival history:
Transferred from the Waller collection, 1963.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Imported from the Senate House catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.