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Memoranda and reminisces of Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston (1862-1944)

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10179

Scope and Contents

Contains typescripts of memoirs of Sir Humphrey Davy Rolleston, in three parts including: Family Memoranda 1 (42 pp.); Personal Memoranda 2 (109 pp.); and Personal Reminisces 3 (173 pp.). Also included are various draft typescripts for the Personal Memoranda 2 including Schools (5 pp.); 1880-81 (19 pp.); Examinations (5 pp.); General Medical Council (2 pp.). Manuscript drafts of various sections of the memoirs including those commencing 'As children…' (1 p.), 1889 (6 pp.), 1892 (2 pp.) and 1902 (2 pp.). Two photographs of Thomas Clifford Albutt who preceded Rolleston as Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge and about whom Rolleston published a memoir. One of the photographs is accompanied by a note: 'R. P. P. You may care to have this photograph of a predecessor both as R. P. P. and B. M. A. President at a Cambridge meeting, 24 June 1948.

Dates

  • Creation: c. 1930

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 archive box(es) (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the Medical Library, University of Cambridge

Bibliography

Mark Weatherall, 'Rolleston, Sir Humphry Davy', Dictionary of National Biography, available at http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35816, last accessed 19 June 2017.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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