Bereich "Identifikation"
Signatur
Heathcote MSS
Titel
Datum/Laufzeit
- 1922-1933 (Anlage)
Erschließungsstufe
Sammlung
Umfang und Medium
2500 negatives in 22 albums
Bereich "Kontext"
Name des Bestandsbildners
Biographische Angaben
Surgeon and pharmacologist. Born, West Deeping, Lincs 1888. Died, London 1951. Educated at Winchester and New College Oxford; BA, 1911, MA, 1914. Then trained at University College Hospital. He served in the R.A.M.C. and the R.N.V.R. during the 1914-18 war, before returning to Oxford to complete his studies in pharmacology. In 1922 Heathcote was appointed as the first holder of the chair of pharmacology at the University of Cairo, a post he held until 1933. During his time in Egypt he travelled extensively, forming a notable collection of photographs of Egyptian antiquities. On his return to Britain he took up a post at the Welsh National School of Medicine at Cardiff, eventually becoming Professor of Pharmacology, a post he held until his death.
Bestandsgeschichte
In the possession of the creator until his death in 1951.
Abgebende Stelle
Donated by his son Dr A. G. S. Heathcote in 1951.
Bereich "Inhalt und innere Ordnung"
Eingrenzung und Inhalt
Negatives of Egyptian antiquities, scenes of daily life, and landscapes.
Bewertung, Vernichtung und Terminierung
Zuwächse
Ordnung und Klassifikation
Kept as received.
Bedingungen des Zugriffs- und Benutzungsbereichs
Benutzungsbedingungen
Property of the Griffith Institute. Negatives unavailable for consultation.
Reproduktionsbedingungen
Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
In der Verzeichnungseinheit enthaltene Sprache
- Englisch
Schrift in den Unterlagen
Anmerkungen zu Sprache und Schrift
Physische Beschaffenheit und technische Anforderungen
Negatives presumed to be nitrate and therefore unstable.
Findmittel
None.
Bereich Sachverwandte Unterlagen
Existenz und Aufbewahrungsort von Originalen
These are originals.
Existenz und Aufbewahrungsort von Kopien
Digital scans have been made of the complete holding.