Williams, John (1819-1878)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0114 MS0074
Held at	: Royal College of Surgeons of England   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums-and-archives/archives/ ›
Full title	: Williams, John (1819-1878)
Date(s)	: 1844-1846
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Williams | John | 1819-1878 | surgeon

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Williams was born in Gwennap, Cornwall, in 1819. He was educated at Swansea Grammar School and afterwards studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He became interested in comparative anatomy and was elected Student Assistant at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843. He accepted an appointment as Surgeon to the Honourable East India Company in 1847, and went to the Bengal Presidency. He served in India as Surgeon Major, then as Deputy Inspector of Army Hospitals until he retired. He died in 1878.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of John Williams, 1844-1846, comprising notes on dissections, cataloguing and other work done whilst a Student of Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Access by written appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying permitted.

Finding aids:

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The provenance of this volume is not recorded. However, it is likely that the volume was left in the College by John Williams after completing his studentship in anatomy in 1846.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Other volumes of work by Students of Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons of England:

MS0033 - Falconer, John; MS0047 - Arlidge, John Thomas; MS0058 - Hulme, Edward Charles and Skinner, George Robert; MS0074 - Williams, John; MS0132 - Monckton, David Henry; MS0133 - Hallett, George Henry; MS00134 - Carter, Henry Vandyke; MS0135 - Lizars, John and Silvester, Henry Robert; MS0136 - Sylvester, John Henry.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: The Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons, Volume 2: MACE-YOU, p 528.

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