TYSON, Edward (1650-1708)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0113 MS-TYSOE
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	: TYSON, Edward (1650-1708)
Date(s)	: [1680]
Level of description	: fonds
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Tyson | Edward | 1651-1708 | physician and anatomist

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1661; education: Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 1667-1677; moved to London and continued to pursue anatomy, 1677; MD, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1680; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1683; anatomical curator, Royal Society, 1683; Ventera reader in anatomy at the Company of Barber-Surgeons, 1684-1699; Physician to Bethlem and Bridewell Hospitals, 1684; died, 1708.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Original drawings of natural history and comparative anatomy for Edward Tyson's works on comparative anatomy.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open for consultation, unless otherwise indicated.

Conditions governing reproduction:

All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

Finding aids:

Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Provenance of the collection is unknown.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Imported from the RCP's Adlib catalogue; edited 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:
Aug 2008