IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0120 AMS/MF/3
Held at: Wellcome Library
Title: Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866) and Hodgkin and Howard Families
Date(s): 19th century - 20th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 26 reels (numbered 1-21 including 12A, 23 and 25-27: reels 22 and 24 missing)
Name of creator(s): Hodgkin | Thomas | 1798-1866 | physician and philanthropist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Thomas Hodgkin was born in London in 1798, the son of John Hodgkin (1766-1845), a private tutor. The family were strong Quakers and originated in Warwickshire. He trained in medicine at Edinburgh University, taking his MD in 1823. After travels in Europe he became Curator of the Medical Museum and Inspector of the Dead at Guy's Hospital, London. His pathological work led him to the first description of what is now known as Hodgkin's Disease in his honour. He left Guy's Hospital following his failure, in 1837, to be appointed Assistant Physician and after a short period at St Thomas's Hospital devoted himself to private practice and to his other interests. He had a keen interest in the world beyond Europe and in particular in the societies there that were threatened with cultural extinction by the spread of European commercial, political or cultural dominion; his works in this area included playing a moving role in the foundation and functioning of the Aborigines Protection Society. In 1850 he married Sarah Frances Scaife, a widow, from Nottingham. The couple had no children of their own but there were two sons from her first marriage. He died in 1866 at Jaffa while on a journey with his friend Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) to negotiate for better treatment for Jewish residents in Palestine.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Microfilm of the letters and papers by or relating to Thomas Hodgkin MD (1798-1865) and his extended family, including his brother John Hodgkin junior (1800-1875) and the latter's father-in-law Luke Howard (1772-1864).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
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:
Printouts or copy microfilm can be supplied for private research, only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
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ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
The microfilm was prepared by Drs Amalie M. Kass and Edward H. Kass, Thomas Hodgkin's biographers. At the time of copying, these documents were held by the Hodgkin family. Subsequently the family presented a large amount of material to the Wellcome Library (collection PP/HO) which probably includes all the documents on these films (it has not been practicable to work through the films checking every item); however, an item's presence on these microfilms should not be taken to indicate that it is necessarily held at the Wellcome Library. All Hodgkin papers presented to the Library have been reordered and numbered; they cannot, therefore, be ordered using these microfilms as a guide but should always be sought via the catalogue to the collection.
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
In the Wellcome Library: The papers of the Hodgkin and Howard families (PP/HO) contain much material on the individuals documented here, over and above the items reproduced in this collection.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2009.