Bird, Henry (d 1892)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0114 MS0159
Held at	: Royal College of Surgeons of England   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums-and-archives/archives/ ›
Full title	: Bird, Henry (d 1892)
Date(s)	: 1832-1880
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 box
Name of creator(s)	: Bird | Henry | d 1892 | surgeon

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Henry Bird was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He practised at Cinderford, East Dean, Gloucestershire; the Vicarage, Christow, Exeter; and at Wattisfield, Suffolk. He retired at Wattisfield, but later moved to Oldham. He died in 1892.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Henry Bird, 1832-1880, comprising a case book and commonplace book, 1849-1880; and testimonials, letters and reprints, 1832-1880.

Access & 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.

Finding aids:

Additional manuscripts catalogue.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by Stephen Hadfield (MRCS), great grandson of Henry Bird, in 1992.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: Plarr, Victor, Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Volume 1 1930.

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