RefNo | NLB/14/509 |
AltRefNo | NLB/14 p288 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to T Holmes, 6 Sussex Place, Hyde Park, W. |
Date | 23 March 1897 |
Description | In reply to Holmes' note addressed to Mr Rix, Harrison's predecessor as Assistant Secretary, Sir Benjamin Brodie was the first surgeon elected a President of the Royal Society, but Sir Hans Sloane and Sir John Pringle, both physicians, preceded him in the chair. These are the only medical men beside Lord [Joseph] Lister who served the office of President, unless Holmes includes Dr W H Wollaston, who had the degree of M.D. but who only practised his profession for a short time. |
Extent | 1p |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8147 | Brodie; Sir; Benjamin Collins (1783 - 1862); surgeon | 1783 - 1862 |