SIMONDS, James Beart (1810-1904)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1510 SIMONDS |
Held at | : Royal Veterinary College Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rvc.ac.uk/ › |
Full title | : SIMONDS, James Beart (1810-1904) |
Date(s) | : 1838-1896 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 9 volumes |
Name of creator(s) | : Simonds | James Beart | 1810-1904 | veterinary surgeon |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1810; educated at Bungay Grammar school; Veterinary College in Camden Town, London, 1828-1829 and also attended external lectures; joined his uncle Robert Beart's veterinary surgery at Bungay, 1829-1836; inherited a veterinary practice in Twickenham, 1836; founder member of the Veterinary Medical Association, 1836; member of the English (later Royal) Agricultural Society, 1838; first Professor of Cattle Pathology at the Veterinary College in London, 1839; consulting veterinary surgeon to the Royal Agricultural Society, 1839-1904; active in the movement for obtaining the charter to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; head of the veterinary department of the Privy Council, 1865-1871; President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 1862-1863; Principal of the Royal Veterinary College, 1872-1881; completed the incorporation of the Royal Veterinary College by royal charter, 1875; retired 1881 and farmed and served as a JP; died, 1904.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Scrap books of press-cuttings and other papers compiled by James Bearton Simonds, 1838-1896, including scrapbooks of press cuttings on the cattle plague, 1844-1869; scrapbook of press cuttings on cattle diseases and legislation, 1854-1865; scrapbook of press cuttings on veterinary and other matters, 1875-1879; scrapbook of press cuttings, letters and offprints on Variola Ovina, 1847-1863; scrapbook of press cuttings, letters and offprints on the veterinary profession, 1838-1896 and scrapbook of press cuttings, letters and offprints on pleuro-pneumonia, 1843-1869.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Original order. Arranged by subject in 9 volumes.
Conditions governing access:
Open by appointment only.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies available at the discretion of the Archivist.
Finding aids:
No additional finding aids.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received from Camden, 2007.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Entry compiled 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:
Oct 2008
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