DODDS, Sir Edward Charles (1899-1973)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0113 MS-DODDS
Held at	: Royal College of Physicians   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/archive-and-historical-library-collections ›
Full title	: DODDS, Sir Edward Charles (1899-1973)
Date(s)	: 1925 - 1973
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 18 files
Name of creator(s)	: Dodds | Sir | Edward Charles | 1899-1973 | Knight | biochemist

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Charles Dodds (1899 - 1973) was Professor of Biochemistry at the Middlesex Hospital 1925 - 1965, director of the Courtauld Institute of Biochemistry 1928 - 1965 and President of the Royal College of Physicians 1962 - 1966. Accounts of his life and works are given in MS3120, Munk's Roll vol.VI pp.151-3, and Anon., "Sir Charles Dodds: a pioneer in medicine and biochemistry", in New Scientist vol 6 (1959) pp.234-5.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Sir Edward Dodds, relating in part to his professional life and in part to his historical and other outside interests. They include notes and correspondence about the illnesses of King George V and his daughter Princess Mary as well as biographical material about Dodds himself.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted

Conditions governing reproduction:

All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

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Allied Materials

Related material:

Wellcome Library holds correspondence of Dodds with Sir Ernest Chain; Royal Society holds correspondence with Sir Robert Robinson. See National Register of Archives.

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Geoffrey Yeo.

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Compiled 8 Jul 1999; modified 15 Jul 1999, 10 Jan 2002.