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TYSON, Edward (1650-1708)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0113 MS-TYSOE

Held at: Royal College of Physicians

Title: TYSON, Edward (1650-1708)

Date(s): [1680]

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Tyson | Edward | 1651-1708 | physician and anatomist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1661; education: Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 1667-1677; moved to London and continued to pursue anatomy, 1677; MD, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1680; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1683; anatomical curator, Royal Society, 1683; Ventera reader in anatomy at the Company of Barber-Surgeons, 1684-1699; Physician to Bethlem and Bridewell Hospitals, 1684; died, 1708.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Original drawings of natural history and comparative anatomy for Edward Tyson's works on comparative anatomy.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open for consultation, unless otherwise indicated.

Conditions governing reproduction:

All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

Finding aids:

Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Provenance of the collection is unknown.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Imported from the RCP's Adlib catalogue; edited by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford DNB.

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Anatomy | Biology
Medical illustration | Audiovisual aids | Teaching materials
Natural history

Personal names
Tyson | Edward | 1651-1708 | physician and anatomist

Corporate names

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