HAMILTON, Alexander (1739-1802): notes from his lectures on midwifery
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1538 S88 |
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 | : HAMILTON, Alexander (1739-1802): notes from his lectures on midwifery |
Date(s) | : 1798 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 vol. |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Alexander Hamilton was baptised in 1739; assistant to John Straiton, surgeon, of Edinburgh, 1758; member of the Edinburgh College of Surgeons, 1762; licentiate, and subsequently a fellow, of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; physician to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 1772; joint professor of midwifery in the University of Edinburgh with Dr Thomas Young, 1780 and sole professor, 1783-1800; was instrumental in establishing the Lying-in Hospital, 1791; died, 1802.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Shorthand notes by an unknown student taken from lectures on midwifery delivered by Alexander Hamilton, 1798.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English shorthand
System of arrangement:
Single item
Conditions governing access:
Conditions governing reproduction:
Finding aids:
No additional finding aids.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Presented to the College in July 1955 by Sir Henry Cohen via Sir Arthur Gemmell.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in September 2007.
Allied Materials
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford DNB.
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:
Jul 2008
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