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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Roberts, William (fl 1837-1849)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0111

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: Roberts, William (fl 1837-1849)

Date(s): c 1843-1847

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Roberts | William | fl 1837-1849 | naval surgeon

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Roberts received the diploma of membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1837. He joined the Royal Navy and received orders from J B Purvis, Commodore and Senior Officer of the Eastern Coast of South America, to go ashore and take responsibility for the health of the squadron of Marines that had landed in Monte Video in Feb 1843. He was given further orders from Purvis in 1845, to be Acting Surgeon onboard HMS FROLIC. His last appearance in the membership list was in 1849.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of William Roberts, c 1843-1847, comprising a volume titled Rough Journal containing case notes on patients attended whilst in the Royal Marines during the landing at Montevideo, Uruguay, from 1843-1845; and as Acting Surgeon on the HMS FROLIC, stationed in the Pacific, from 1845-1847.

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:

The provenance of this material is not known.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: Royal College of Surgeons of England Membership Lists

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: Aug 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Diseases | Pathology
Journal | Financial records | Documents | Information sources
Medical records | Documents | Information sources
Medical treatment | Therapy | Medical sciences
Naval medicine | Military medicine | Medical sciences
Surgery | Medical sciences
Primary documents

Personal names
Roberts | William | fl 1837-1849 | naval surgeon

Corporate names
HMS Frolic
RN | Royal Navy x Royal Navy
Royal Marines

Places
Montevideo | Uruguay | South America
Pacific Ocean | Oceans