List of Subscribers to a testimonial presented to Richard James Arthur Berry
Scope and Contents
List of subscribers to testimonial presented to Richard James Arthur Berry, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., on his departure from Edinburgh to take up his duties as Professor of Anatomy at Melbourne University. December 1905.
Also contains a letter noting Berry's career from Sir Edward Appleton, with a photograph of the Anatomy Department of the School of Medicine of the Royal College, Edinburgh as it was after DR R. J. A. Berry had taken it over from Dr. James Musgrove, in an envelope at the end of the volume.
Dates
- Creation: 1905
Creator
- Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892-1965 (physicist and principal of the University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Full Extent
1 volume
Previous reference
Dk.2.22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: E510219
Accessioned on 19 February 1951.
Presented by Emeritus Professor Richard James Arthur Berry in 1951.
Physical Description
Stored in blue file box, tied with cord. Volume is blue leather with green and tan leather overlay. Gilt, floral design. Gold edge decoration. Front and endpaper covered in blue fabric. Paper made of firm board. Front cover contains University of Edinburgh crest, back cover has Coat of Arms of Royal College of Surgeons.
10 x 8.5 in. 6ff. Illuminated title page. Subscribers' names are printed.
Subject
- Berry, Richard James Arthur, 1867-1962 (Surgeon, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy) (Person)
- University of Melbourne (1855-:) (Organization)
- School of Medicine of the Royal Colleges (fl1871) (Organization)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- List of Subscribers to a testimonial presented to Richard James Arthur Berry
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
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