Catalogue description Papers of SIR WILFRID LE GROS CLARK, F.R.S. (1895 - 1971)

Very little manuscript material remains from Sir Wilfrid's long career in anatomy. All attempts to locate additional material in either departments or private hands have been unsuccessful.

The family papers (Items 10 - 15) deal with Sir Wilfrid's grandfather, Dr. Frederick Le Gros Clark, and with his brother, Cyril Le Gros Clark, Chief Secretary of Sarawak, who was killed in 1945.

I. Biographical 1 - 9

II. Family papers 10 - 15

III. Diaries and journals 16 - 23

IV. Correspondence 24 - 31

V. Publications 32 - 41

Listed by Jeannine Alton Harriot Weiskittel

Clark, Sir, Wilfred Edward le Gros, 1895-1971, knight, scientist and anatomist

The papers, which cover the years 1890 - 1974, were received from Lady Violet Le Gros Clark.

Summary of career

1895 Born in Hemel Hempstead

1912 Entered St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School

1919 Elected Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons

1920 - 23 Principal Medical Officer, Sarawak, Borneo

1923 Married Freida Giddey (d.1963)

1924 - 27 Reader in Anatomy, University of London

1927 - 29 Professor of Anatomy, St. Bartholomew's Hospital

1929 - 34 Professor of Anatomy, St. Thomas's Hospital

1934 - 62 Professor of Anatomy, Oxford Fellow of Hertford College

1935 Election to Royal Society

1950 President, International Anatomical Congress

1952 President, Anatomical Society

1954 Master of the Salter's Company

1955 Knighted

1958 Opening of new Anatomy Department Building, Oxford

1961 President, British Association for Advancement of Science

1961 Royal Medal of Royal Society

1964 Married Violet Browne

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