Ash, John (1723-1798)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0117 MS/169 |
Held at | : Royal Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ › |
Full title | : Ash, John (1723-1798) |
Date(s) | : 1788 |
Level of description | : Sub-fonds |
Extent | : 1 item |
Name of creator(s) | : Ash | John | 1723-1798 | physician |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1722; probably educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry, before entering Trinity College, Oxford, BA 1743; MA 1746; MB 1750; MD 1754; practiced in Birmingham, 1752-1769; founder member of Birmingham General Hospital, 1779; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1787; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1787; leading member of the Royal College of Physicians, being censor in 1789 and 1793, Harveian orator in 1790, Goulstonian lecturer in 1791, and Croonian lecturer in 1793; died, 1798.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Paper read at the Royal Society from 14 Feb to 6 Mar 1788 by John Ash entitled 'Observation and Experiments to investigate by Chemical Analysis the Medicinal Properties of the Mineral Waters of Spa and Aix la Chapelle in Germany and of the Waters and Boue at St Amand in French Flanders'.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
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Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Sources: Oxford DNB. Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
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:
Feb 2009.
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