Wilson, Thomas (d 1791)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0114 MS0201
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	: Wilson, Thomas (d 1791)
Date(s)	: Mid to late 18th century
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Wilson | Thomas | d 1791 | physician

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Thomas Wilson, of the Oaks, Tenterden, Kent, was a medical student at one of the London Hospitals in the late 18th century. A note at the front of the volume states that he had two daughters who died unmarried, and a brother, Edward Wilson, DD.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Thomas Wilson, mid to late 18th century, comprising a volume containing notes by Wilson, of lectures given by John Hunter. Including notes on astronomical and mathematical topics, c 1854.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

By written appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying permitted.

Finding aids:

Library card catalogue.

Archival Information

Archival history:

The volume was passed from Thomas Wilson to his children, and upon their death and the death of his brother, his possessions passed to his nephew, the Reverend Richard Turner. Upon the death of Reverend Richard Turner the volumes passed to his son, Edward Turner, Rector of Haresfield. Shortly before the death of Edward Turner (1872), he gave the manuscript volume to Charles Leeson Prince.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by Charles Leeson Prince in 1895.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsTenterden/MIsTenterden.htm

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:
Sep 2008