Waller, W (fl 1784)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0114 MS0199 |
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 | : Waller, W (fl 1784) |
Date(s) | : Late 18th century |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume |
Name of creator(s) | : Waller | W | fl 1784 | surgeon of Gosport, Hampshire |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
W Waller was a surgeon at Gosport, Hampshire, reported to be a pupil of John Hunter together with his brother, also W Waller, a surgeon at Portsmouth. The name Waller appears in the Hampshire Directory for 1784 under Surgeons in Gosport.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of W Waller, surgeon of Gosport, late 18th century, comprising a manuscript volume of notes taken by Waller at John Hunter's lectures, titled An Abstract of Lectures on Surgery delivered at London by Mr John Hunter.
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:
Archival Information
Archival history:
The volume was given to Mr J B Winter of Brighton, along with many others, by Mr W Waller, surgeon of Gosport, in c 1840. Winter was Waller's maternal uncle. The manuscript belonged to the Brighton and Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society in 1847, but was discarded from the collection during a move of premises. Since that time the volume was in the possession of Mr Hugh James McCurrich.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated by Mr Hugh James McCurrich (FRCS), in 1955.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: www.historicaldirectories.org.
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
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