IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0809 Budd
Held at: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Title: BUDD, William (1811-1880)
Date(s): 1829-1869
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 box
Name of creator(s): Budd | William | (1811-1880) | physician
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Budd was born on 14 September 1811 in North Tawton, Devon; studied medicine in London, Edinburgh and Paris, 1828-1837 and gained an MD at Edinburgh, 1838. He practised at North Tawton, Devonshire, 1839 and Bristol 1842-1873; made important researches into the conditions of zymotic diseases and published numerous medical papers. Budd died in Somerset in 1880.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of William Budd, 1829-1869, notably include publications by Budd on various diseases including cholera, typhoid and cattle-plague, 1852-1866; correspondence on cholera and typhoid, 1854-1869; certificates from medical institutions, 1829-1837; posters and public information on vaccination, [1829-1869] and an original lithograph portrait of Budd, published by A B Black, 1862.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged into 5 series.
Conditions governing access:
This collection is open for consultation. Please contact the Archivist to arrange an appointment. All researchers must complete and sign a user registration form which signifies their agreement to abide by the archive rules. All researchers are required to provide proof of identity bearing your signature (for example, a passport or debit card) when registering. Please see website for further information at www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
Physical characteristics:
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The portrait of Budd was transferred by Deborah Curle, Dept Secretary EPH in 2003.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
The Wellcome Library holds the correspondence of Budd Family, of North Tawton, Devon, 1831-1894 (MS 5153).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Victoria Killick, LSHTM Archivist and edited by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer. Source: Concise Dictionary of National Biography, 1903.
Date(s) of descriptions: February 2008