Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Heathcote MSS
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1922-1933 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Colección
Volumen y soporte
2500 negatives in 22 albums
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
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.
Historia archivística
In the possession of the creator until his death in 1951.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Donated by his son Dr A. G. S. Heathcote in 1951.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Negatives of Egyptian antiquities, scenes of daily life, and landscapes.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Kept as received.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Property of the Griffith Institute. Negatives unavailable for consultation.
Condiciones
Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
Negatives presumed to be nitrate and therefore unstable.
Instrumentos de descripción
None.
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
These are originals.
Existencia y localización de copias
Digital scans have been made of the complete holding.