Bickerton, Thomas Herbert (1858-1933)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0120 MSS.1162-1163, 5996-6005
Held at	: Wellcome Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ ›
Full title	: Bickerton, Thomas Herbert (1858-1933)
Date(s)	: 1884-1927
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 103 Items
Name of creator(s)	: Bickerton | Thomas Herbert | 1858-1933 | ophthalmic surgeon
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Thomas Herbert Bickerton (1858-1933), was a distinguished ophthamologist. He also wrote a Medical history of Liverpool from the earliest days to the year 1920 published by his son in 1936. Ophthalmic Surgeon, Liverpool Royal Infirmary, 1886-1919; President of the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, 1923; elected FRCS in 1926.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence and papers of Thomas Bickerton, 1884-1927, mainly concerning professional matters. The papers reflect Bickerton's interest in colour blindness, and his studies of seamen and railwaymen in this respect. Also his work at Liverpool Medical Institution is well documented, with details of opthalmic surgery and case photographs surviving.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in sections as follows: Colour-blindness: clinical notes, extracts, etc, 1885-1901; operation book, 1885-1902; albums, photographs, correspondence and drafts of addresses and articles, 1884-1927.

Conditions governing access:

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry copied from Wellcome online catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: See obituary in the British Medical Journal 1933 ii, p. 1050.

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