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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Bird, Henry (d 1892)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0159

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: Bird, Henry (d 1892)

Date(s): 1832-1880

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Bird | Henry | d 1892 | surgeon

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Henry Bird was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He practised at Cinderford, East Dean, Gloucestershire; the Vicarage, Christow, Exeter; and at Wattisfield, Suffolk. He retired at Wattisfield, but later moved to Oldham. He died in 1892.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Henry Bird, 1832-1880, comprising a case book and commonplace book, 1849-1880; and testimonials, letters and reprints, 1832-1880.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

By written appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying permitted.

Finding aids:

Additional manuscripts catalogue.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by Stephen Hadfield (MRCS), great grandson of Henry Bird, in 1992.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: Plarr, Victor, Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Volume 1 1930.

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: Sep 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Commonplace books | Manuscripts | Documents | Information sources
Medical records | Documents | Information sources
Medical treatment | Therapy | Medical sciences
Testimonials | Documents | Information sources
Primary documents

Personal names
Bird | Henry | d 1892 | surgeon

Corporate names

Places