Harwood, Busick, 1750 - 1814 (Anatomist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1750 - 1814
Dates and places
Born Newmarket, 1750. Died Nov. 1814
Sphere of activity
Professor of Anatomy at University of Cambridge 1785-1814. First Downing Professor of Medicine, 1800-1814. (Professor elect from c. 1788)
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Addenbrookes papers, 1766 - 1800
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCAR/1/2/10/1
Scope and Contents
Copies of Act, reports, proposals [Cross v Addenbrookes] relating to the establishment of Addenbrookes Hospital and its accounts for 1800, listing Busick Harwood as one of the physicians. Copies made by Downing College solicitor.
Dates:
1766 - 1800
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
General administration files are generally closed for 30 years from date of creation, once transferred to Archives, but longer closure periods may apply.
Please ask the College Archivist about more recent records relevant to a particular research area, which may not yet have been published online but may be open for research (by appointment).
Sub-Series
Letters and papers from individual correspondents, or on individual subjects, 1807 - 1834
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/FRE/1/4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Mainly correspondence, concerning: the controversies and legal wrangling between William Frere and Edward Christian, who petitioned against Frere's election as Master in 1812; vice-chancellorship; general. The letters are not generally about College or estate administration. Includes correspondence from Sir Busick Harwood. Cornwallis Hewett and William Wilkins.
Dates:
1807 - 1834
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods:
30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files;
50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees;
100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years.
Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.
Fonds
Papers of Sir Busick Harwood, first Downing Professor of Physick (Medicine), 1785 - 1992
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/HAR
Scope and Contents
From the Management Group:
Including papers of Masters, Professors and Fellows of Downing College, and gifts from past members. Includes academic administrative records but not estates correspondence.
Dates:
1785 - 1992
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods:
30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files;
50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees;
100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years.
Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.
Series
Photocopies and transcripts of Busick Harwood papers and correspondence, 1802 - 1992
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/HAR/3
Scope and Contents
Papers concerning reformation in the Cambridge Medical School at Cambridge University. They include correspondence of and between Busick Harwood, Isaac Pennington and Pelham Warner. With explanatory letter from John Kendall and his precis of Busick Harwood's role in reform in the Medical School.
Dates:
1802 - 1992
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods:
30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files;
50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees;
100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years.
Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.
File
Sir Busick Harwood, 1814 - 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/FREN/1/3/1
Scope and Contents
Includes articles on Harwood ('Anatomy and Physiology in Cambridge before 1850' by Bernard Towers, 1971, and 'Sir Busick Harwood: A Reappraisal' by Raymond Williamson, 1983) and correspondence. The correspondence also includes some accumulated by Stanley French, for example letters of enquiry sent to J. Grantham, the College Bursar, in 1939 and correspondence (to and from then Chaplain, the Revd. G. F. Woods) regarding the possible move of Sir Busick's remains from the vault to the site of...
Dates:
1814 - 1987
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods:
30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files;
50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees;
100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years.
Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.
Series
Sylvester Harding watercolours commissioned by Sir Busick Harwood, 1790 - 1952
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/HAR/4
Scope and Contents
Miniatures of members of Cambridge University, 1790s, formerly mounted in a large volume but removed and remounted on individual pages following conservation work in 2013. The portraits have original annotations on their reverse, with details of the name and College of the sitter and, often, the date of the painting. This information was then used to create captions underneath each on the original mounts in the volume and has been copied across to the new conservation mounts. Portraits...
Dates:
1790 - 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods:
30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files;
50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees;
100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years.
Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.