Dalrymple, Thomas Hardie, b. 1900 (physician)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: b. 1900

Biography

Thomas Hardie Dalrymple was born in Rangoon. He was taken to Scotland at the age of 5 and educated at the private School at Bridge-of-Allan and at Glasgow University. He worked as a doctor in Welsh coal mines before joining the Colonial Medical Service on 25th March 1931. He served in Sierra Leone (1931-33), Nigeria (1933-35), Gambia (1935-37) and finally in Nigeria again (1937-1950). He retired in 1950 and remained in Nigeria, opening a private practice at Jos. He finally left Nigeria in 1961 and settled on the Isle of Man. Dalrymple was an amateur photographer and contributed photographs to various publications.

Sources:

Typescript copy of 'Index to Photographers'.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Sub-Fonds

West African collection of Thomas Dalrymple, 1937 - 1956

Sub-Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/25

Scope and Contents

Material by Thomas Dalrymple and others relating to Plateau Province in Nigeria and the Cameroons.

Dates: 1937 - 1956

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Africa miscellanea

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