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GOUDGE, George Wilfred (1907-1979)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP160

Held at: King's College London College Archives

Title: GOUDGE, George Wilfred (1907-1979)

Date(s): 1924-1973

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 3 boxes, 0.3 cubic metres

Name of creator(s): Goudge | George Wilfred | 1907-1979 | dental surgeon

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 30 September 1907, Bournemouth; educated Bournemouth School for Boys and Bournemouth College; studied dentistry at King's College Hospital, 1929-1932; locum in many locations including Derby, Southampton, Winchester, Alresford and Shaftesbury, 1932-1936; ran and owned dental practice, Redland, Bristol, 1936-1969; died 28 March 1979.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of George Wilfred Goudge, 1924-1935, 1968-1973, reflecting his training and work as a dentist. Papers include examination papers of University of London General School, pre-medical, dental anatomy and physiology papers of Royal College of the Physicians of London and Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1924-1931; notes taken whilst studying at King's College Hospital, [1930]; personal letters from Goudge to Gwendoline Pedgrift, 1931-1932; letters from dental companies advising Goudge of locum vacancies, 1933; testimonials from former employers, 1934-1935 and Goudge's personal copies of The Strange Story of False Teeth, 1968 and The History of King's College Hospital Dental School, 1973.

Photographs include images of Goudge, students of the School of Dental Surgery, King's College Hospital, and Goudge's dental practice, 1930-1936. Associated artefacts comprise dental implements and apparatus including scalpels, clamps, mirrors, bridges, drill heads and saliva ejectors, a set of false teeth possibly belonging to Gwendoline Goudge (1911-2007), and a brass microscope, [1924-1973].

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Section 1: papers, section 2: photographs, section 3: artefacts

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archives and Information Management, King's College London.

Physical characteristics:

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No additional finding aids exist.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited at King's College London College Archives by Goudge's daughter Sarah Goudge, 12 September 2007.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

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: January 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Dental education | Medical education | Higher science education
Dentistry | Medical sciences

Personal names
Goudge | George Wilfred | 1907-1979 | dental surgeon
Goudge | Gwendoline | 1911-2007 | née | Pedgrift | wife of George Wifred Goudge

Corporate names
King's College Hospital | London
Royal College of Physicians of London
Royal College of Surgeons of England
University of London General School

Places