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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

WYATT, James Montague (1883-1953) memorial speech


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 S35

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: WYATT, James Montague (1883-1953) memorial speech

Date(s): 1978

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Rickford | Braithwaite | gynaecologist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

James Montague Wyatt (1883-1953), MB, BS (London) 1905, FRCS 1910, FRCOG 1929, qualified in 1905 at St Thomas's Hospital, where, after various appointments and service in World War I, he became Obstetric Physician until 1946. He was a Foundation Fellow of the College, served on the Council from 1941-1946 and was Vice President for the next three years (bibliography: Sir John Peel, Lives of the Fellows, pp.387-388). On his death Wyatt left a generous bequest to the College to finance the holding of an annual James Wyatt dinner. The memoir described below was given as a speech at the 1978 dinner.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of a memorial speech given by Braithwaite Rickford FRCOG commemorating the jubilee year of the death of James Montague Wyatt, with related correspondence between Braithwaite and Sir John Dewhurst, 1978.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: vested in the College.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Archival history:

there is no record of this memoir being donated to or deposited in the Archives and it appears from the contents that the file was removed at some stage from the general file series of the College President, Sir John Dewhurst.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

RCOG Archives holds for financial records relating to the James Wyatt dining fund (Ref: F11/6).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: Biographical details of the individuals who have presented material to the College and/or comprise the subject of the records, have been compiled using information in administrative files and, where relevant, consulting Sir John Peel's book The Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1929-1969, Whitefriars Press Ltd, 1975. Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG.

Rules or conventions: National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.

Date(s) of descriptions: September 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Gynaecology | Medical sciences
Obstetrics | Medical sciences
Professional associations | Associations | Organizations
Surgery | Medical sciences

Personal names
Dewhurst | Sir | Christopher John | b 1920 | Knight | gynaecologist
Rickford | Braithwaite | fl 1978 | gynaecologist
Wyatt | James Montague | 1883-1953 | obstetric physician

Corporate names
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists x British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Places