Barcroft, Sir Joseph (1872-1947)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0117 MS 807 |
Held at | : Royal Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ › |
Full title | : Barcroft, Sir Joseph (1872-1947) |
Date(s) | : 1921-1922 |
Level of description | : Sub-fonds |
Extent | : 1 volume |
Name of creator(s) | : Barcroft | Sir | Joseph | 1872-1947 | Knight | physiologist |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1872; educated King's College, Cambridge, 1893-1897; research at Cambridge Physiological Laboratory, 1897-; lecturer at King's College, Cambridge, 1899; junior demonstrator in the physiological laboratory, 1904; senior demonstrator, 1907; fellow of the Royal Society, 1910; assistant tutor King's College, Cambridge, 1910; expedition to Tenerife, 1910; expedition to Monte Rosa, 1911; CBE, 1918; reader King's College, Cambridge, 1919; high-altitude expedition to Cerro de Pasco in Peru, in order to study pulmonary gas exchange, blood biochemistry, and several other topics, 1921-1922; professor of physiology at Cambridge, 1925; Copley medal of the Royal Society, 1943; died, 1947.
Publications: The Respiratory Function of the Blood (1914, 2nd edition, 1925).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Letters from the Peruvian Andes, 1921-1922, by Sir Joseph Barcroft.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
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Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
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:
Feb 2009.
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