LAWSON, John Bateman (1922-1997)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1538 S29
Held at	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/library-services/archives-and-heritage/archives/ ›
Full title	: LAWSON, John Bateman (1922-1997)
Date(s)	: 1991
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 folder
Name of creator(s)	: Lawson | John Bateman | 1922-1997 | gynaecologist and Vice President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Bateman Lawson (1922-1997) MA, MB, Bchir, FRCS(Glasgow), FRCOG, has been a member of several committees of the College, including the Fellowship Selection Committee 1971-1976 and 1987-1989, Scientific Advisory and Pathology Committee 1972-1974, Postgraduate Committee 1978-1987, Examination Committee 1980-1987, Accreditation Committee 1981-1984, Council 1981-1983 and 1985-1989, Hospital Recognition Committee 1981-1987 and Higher Training Committee 1984-1987. He was Director of Postgraduate Studies 1981-1987 and Vice President from 1987-1989. He was also a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Ibadan, Nigeria, and was renowned for his work in African countries.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of Lawson's "The export of British obstetric traditions", a Hugh McLaren lecture delivered to the Birmingham and Midland Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society in 1991, and communications on the subject from C A Carlaw, Olive Frost FRCOG, Hugh Philpott FRCOG, and Coralie Rendle-Short FRCOG.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

copy of lecture open. Remaining material open 30 years after last date on file.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: John Lawson.

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

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

presented to the Archives by John Lawson in October 1991, along with a photograph of himself as a Fellow of the College (see PH1/3/22).

Allied Materials

Related material:

The RCOG Archives holds John Lawson's records as Director of Postgraduate Studies 1981-1987, and as Vice President from 1987-1989 (Refs: B8 and A5); photographs of Lawson (Refs: PH1/3/17, PH1/3/22; PH6/7 and PH9/34-35); copy of the programme for a memorial service held in memory of John Lawson on 29 June 1998 (Ref: R1/10).

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Publication note:

Description Notes

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