IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0086
Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England
Title: Gibson, William Robert (1872-1959)
Date(s): 1886
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Gibson | William Robert | 1872-1959 | surgeon
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Robert Gibson was born in 1872. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and was at one time assistant medical superintendent at St Saviour's Hospital, Dulwich. He practised for many years in Madras, India, where he was Chief Medical Officer to the Madras and South Mahratta Railway. He was a generous benefactor to the College and donated £38, 803 during 1954-1955. the Fellows Common Room was named the "John Cherry Gibson Room" on 14 Jul 1955, and on the same day the gift of his house in Ealing with its contents was reported to Council. He was awarded the Honorary Medal as an out-standing benefactor in 1956. He died in St Bartholomew's in 1959.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of William Robert Gibson, 1886, comprising a manuscript notebook containing medical and chemical receipts; newspaper cuttings; and an article on skin, 1889.
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.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Additional manuscripts catalogue.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The volume was deposited by William Robert Gibson in 1959.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: The Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Volume 4: 1952-1964 , p149
Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2008