Graphical version

London Metropolitan Archives

GRAY, Edward Whitaker (1748-1806)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0998

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: GRAY, Edward Whitaker (1748-1806)

Date(s): 1778-1871

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres (3 documents).

Name of creator(s): Gray | Edward Whitaker | 1748-1806 | physician and museum curator

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Dr. Edward Whitaker Gray (1748-1806) was a doctor who was also appointed curator of the natural history collections at the British Museum.

An extensive search in Ruskin's Diaries and in various Lives has failed to reveal the identity or place of residence of 'Dr. Gray'; he is presumably related to the Dr. Gray of the diploma, and is perhaps a relation of Ruskin's wife, Euphemia Gray.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Diploma of doctorate of medicine from Aberdeen University for Edward Whitaker Gray, 1778; with two letters from John Ruskin to a "Dr. Gray", 1871 (not thought to be the same individual).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Items in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Gifted to the Archive in April 1968.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Diplomas | Educational qualifications
Family correspondence | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Personal archives | Archives
Physicians | Medical personnel | Medical profession
Doctors x Physicians
Personnel

Personal names
Gray | Edward Whitaker | 1748-1806 | physician and museum curator
Ruskin | John | 1819-1900 | author | artist and social reformer

Corporate names

Places