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Bryant, Thomas Egerton (fl 1816- fl 1840)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0125

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: Bryant, Thomas Egerton (fl 1816- fl 1840)

Date(s): 1812-1839

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 20 volumes and 1 manuscript

Name of creator(s): Bryant | Thomas Egerton | fl 1816-1840 | general practitioner

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Thomas Egerton Bryant was a General Practitioner in Kennington, Surrey. He was educated at Guy's Hospital, and was Surgeon to Lambeth Workhouse. He became a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries in 1816, and achieved the MRCS in c1821. He wrote Essay on diseases of the Larynx and Trachea in 1835, for which he was awarded the Fothergillian medal in 1836. He became President of the Medical Society of London in 1837. His eldest son was Thomas Bryant (1828-1914) FRCS.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Thomas Egerton Bryant, 1812-1839, comprising notes of lectures by Henry Cline (Jnr) (d 1820), 1814; notes of lectures by Sir Astley Paston Cooper, some together with Henry Cline, 1812-1814; notes of lectures by Joseph Henry Green, 1824-1828; notes of lectures by Alexander Marcet and William Allen, 1814; notes of lectures by Richard Owen, 1839; unidentified lecture notes, c 1812; notes on cholera cases, 1832-1834; and medical notes, early 19th century.

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:

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by Thomas Egerton Bryant's son, Thomas Bryant FRCS, in 1901. Except a volume and manuscript stamped by the Library in 1914. The provenance of these item is not known.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Bryant, Thomas Egerton Essay on diseases of the Larynx and Trachea, with watercolour illustrations (1835) - Wellcome Archives and Manuscripts - MSS 6153-6154.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

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: Sep 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Cholera | Diseases | Pathology
Lectures (teaching method) | Teaching methods
Medical records | Documents | Information sources
Infectious diseases
Primary documents

Personal names
Allen | William | 1770-1843 | philanthropist and scientist
Bryant | Thomas Egerton | fl 1816-1840 | general practitioner
Cline | Henry | d 1820 | surgeon, son of Henry Cline
Cooper | Sir | Astley Paston | 1768-1841 | 1st Baronet | surgeon
Green | Joseph Henry | 1791-1863 | surgeon and natural philosopher
Marcet | Alexander John Gaspard | 1770-1822 | physician and chemist
Owen | Sir | Richard | 1804-1892 | Knight | comparative anatomist and palaeontologist

Corporate names

Places