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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Wadd, William (1776-1829)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0241

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: Wadd, William (1776-1829)

Date(s): [1806-1807]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Wadd | William | 1776-1829 | surgeon

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Wadd was born in 1776 He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School from 1784, and was apprenticed to James Earle in 1797, becoming a surgeon's pupil at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was admitted a member of The Royal College of Surgeons in 1801. He practised and resided in Basinghall St, London. At The Royal College of Surgeons, Wadd was a member of the council in 1824, and he was appointed a member of the court of examiners in 1829. He was appointed one of the surgeons-extraordinary to the Prince Regent in 1817, and then surgeon-extraordinary to George IV in 1821. Wadd was a fellow of the Linnean Society and an associate of the Societe de Medecine of Paris. He died in 1829.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of William Wadd, [c1806-1807], comprising 3 volumes of anatomical pencil drawings by Wadd, including bones, tumours, growths and deformities.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

By written appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying permitted.

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the College in 1926.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004

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: Sep 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Bones | Musculoskeletal system | Anatomy | Biology
Drawings | Visual materials
Sketches | Illustrations | Visual materials
Tumours | Diseases | Pathology

Personal names
Wadd | William | 1776-1829 | surgeon

Corporate names

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