Ray, George (fl 1815-1853)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0114 MS0227
Held at	: Royal College of Surgeons of England   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums-and-archives/archives/ ›
Full title	: Ray, George (fl 1815-1853)
Date(s)	: 1815-1816
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Ray | George | fl 1815-1853 | surgeon

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

George Ray of Milton near Sittingbourne, was apprenticed to Mr Beckingsall of Sarum (Salisbury), before entering Guy's Hospital in 1815. He was granted his certificate in 1816 and also became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. His last entry in the College membership lists is in 1853. During his career he was Medical Officer for Milton Union, and Union House.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of George Ray, 1815-1816, comprising a volume of manuscript notes taken by Ray at the lectures of Sir Astley Paston Cooper, titled Lectures on Surgery, Delivered at the theatre of St Thomas's Hospital by AP Cooper, Esq in the years 1815-1816; and an undated newspaper cutting titled 'The Country Surgeon (A True Bill)' containing a poem about the life and work of a country surgeon.

Access & 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

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The provenance of this material is not known.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Papers of Sir Astley Cooper (MS0008); Lecture notes of Sir Astley Cooper's lectures taken by Thomas Egerton Bryant (MS0125), Thomas Appleby (MS0225), George Ramsey Rodd (MS0226), Richard Wilson Brown (MS0228), John Blackman (MS0230), and John Flint South (MS0232); Letters and testimonials to Alexander Henry Bartlett (MS0229); Draft paper by Cooper for publication (MS0231).

Publication note:

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