Catalogue description Papers of SIR WILFRID LE GROS CLARK, F.R.S. (1895 - 1971)
This record is held by Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
Reference: | CSAC15.9.74 |
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Title: | Papers of SIR WILFRID LE GROS CLARK, F.R.S. (1895 - 1971) |
Description: |
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 |
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Listed by Jeannine Alton Harriot Weiskittel " |
Date: | 1890-1974 |
Held by: | Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections, not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
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Physical description: | 41 Files |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
The papers, which cover the years 1890 - 1974, were received from Lady Violet Le Gros Clark. |
Administrative / biographical background: |
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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