Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
| Active | 1968–1999 |
|---|---|
Parent institution | Wellcome Trust |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/19990125092732/http://wihm.ucl.ac.uk/ |
The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (1968–1999) was a London centre for the study and teaching of medical history.[1][2] It consisted of the Wellcome Library and an Academic Unit. The former was and is a world-class library collection owned and managed by the Wellcome Trust and staffed by librarians including academic librarians who held honorary lectureships at University College London. The Academic Unit was a group of university staff appointed at University College London that conducted a program of university teaching, thesis supervision, seminars, conferences and publications.
Directors of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
- 1913-1936 Henry S. Wellcome, LLD, DSc, FRS (Founder and Director)
- 1913-1925 C.J.S. Thompson, MBE (Curator)
- 1925-1934 L.W.G. Malcolm, MSc, PhD, FRSE (Conservator)
- 1934-1947 PJ. Johnston-Saint, MA, FRSE (Conservator)
- 1941-1945 S.H. Daukes, OBE, MD
- 1946-1964 E.A. Underwood, MD, FRCP
- 1964-1973 F.N.L. Poynter, BA, PhD, Hon MD, FLA
- 1973-1979 E. Clarke, MD, FRCP
- 1980-1981 Prof. A.R. Hall, MA, LittD, FBA (Chairman)
- 1981-1983 P.O. Williams, MB, FRCP
- 1983-1987 Prof. William Paton, CBE, DM, FRCP, FRS[3]
Librarians
- 1900-1913 C.J.S. Thompson
- 1913-1918 T.W. Huck, FLA
- 1919-1921 C.C. Barnard, MLA
- 1921-1925 W.R.B. Prideaux, BA, FLA
- 1925-1931 C.R. Hewitt, FLA
- 1932-1946 S.A.J. Moorat, MA, DipLib
- 1946-1953 W.J. Bishop, FLA
- 1954-1964 F.N.L. Poynter, BA, PhD, Hon MD, FLA
- 1964-1973 E. Gaskell, BA, ALA
- 1973-1996 E.J. Freeman, BA, ALA[3]
- 1996–2004 David Pearson
In 1999 the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine was terminated, and in its place two new organisations were created: The Wellcome Library and the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL. The following persons succeeded David Pearson as Librarians of the Wellcome Library.
- 2004--2009 Frances Norton
- 2010-2014 Simon Chaplin
- 2015- Robert Kiley (acting)
Academic Unit in 1992
- William Bynum MA MD PhD MRCP (Head) Allen MA PhD (Life Sciences)
- Janet Browne MA PhD (Life Sciences)
- Lawrence Conrad PhD (Islamic Medicine)
- Christopher Lawrence MB ChB PhD (Clinical Medicine)
- Michael Neve MA PhD (Human Biology)
- Vivian Nutton MA PhD (Classical Medicine)
- Roy Porter MA PhD (Social History of Medicine)
- Elizabeth (Tilli) Tansey BSc PhD (Modern Medical Science)
- Andrew Wear BA MSc PhD (Early Modern Medicine)[3]
References
- ↑ "History of the Wellcome Library". Wellcome Library. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ↑ Symons, John (1993). Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. A Short History. London: The Wellcome Trust. ISBN 1-869835-34-4. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine: A Brief Description. 1992.
External links
- Works by or about Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine at Internet Archive
- Booklet on the Wellcome Institute, 1983.
- Wellcome Trust Publications.
- The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine: A Brief Description (1992).