WILSON, John (1811-1879)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0402 JWI
Held at	: Royal Geographical Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Collections/Collections.htm ›
Full title	: WILSON, John (1811-1879)
Date(s)	: 1839-1843
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 1 box
Name of creator(s)	: Wilson | John | 1811-1879 | ship's surgeon

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in Leeds, 1811; LRCP, Edinburgh 1860; MRSC, Eng. 1844; LSA, 1839; Surgeon on a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 1839-1843; died, 1879.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Log and private journal of John Wilson as ship's surgeon on the second voyage of the South Seas whaler GYPSY, 23 Oct 1839-19 Mar 1843 and portfolio of 23 watercolours, illustrating places named in the journal.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 box containing a journal and a file of watercolours.

Conditions governing access:

Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying at Archivist's discretion, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

Finding aids:

Collection level description available in the Foyle Reading Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by his son, J H Parker Wilson, 1923.

Allied Materials

Related material:

RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks 1921-1930 Wilson, J. Parker, on the donation of the log.

Publication note:

The log with some illustrations has been published as The Cruise of the Gipsy: The Journal of John Wilson, Surgeon on a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 1839-1843, edited by Honore Forster, (Washington, 1991).

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing card index. Revised by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority NRA.

Date(s) of descriptions:
22 November 2000; May 2008.