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Medals, awards and decorations of William Hunter
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1146
Scope and Contents
At E2008.33, the collection of Prize orders, medals, and medallions awarded to William Hunter is composed of:
- the Serbian Order of St. Sava - bejewelled breast Star
- the Serbian Order of St. Sava - Medallion/Badge with ribbon; the obverse of the cross bears an oval enamelled portrait of the bishop St. Sava, the centre of which is encircled by blue and the motto of the order in old cyrillic...
Dates:
1879-1920
Medals from Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Edinburgh University
Collection — Box: CLX-A-352
Identifier: Coll-1830
Content Description
A bronze and a silver medals in their cases awarded to Peter Haugh in the University's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies for Zoology and Botany (1903-1904) and for Clinique (1906-1907); and three bronze medals from Edinburgh University awarded to Samuel M. Inkster for Chemistry (1869), General Pathology and Morbid Anatomy (1870-1871) and Practice of Medicine (1872-1873). Also includes an article by Gregor Macaulay explaining the medals.
Dates:
1869-1907
Medals of James Roland Rider, Veterinary Surgeon
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1115
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of 14 academic session medals (5 silver and 9 bronze) awarded to James Roland Rider between 1913 and 1918. The medals were awarded by both the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College, Edinburgh, and the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland.The medals can be described thus:
- 1913 - silver - obverse: decorated with raised seated classical figure with Scottish armorial shield...
Dates:
1913-1918
Medals of William A. Knowles
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1292
Scope and Contents
1 x silver medal - Annual Prize - Perth Academy - awarded to William A. Knowles 1882-1883 - 1st student Senior Mathematical and Physical Class
1 x silver medal - Annual Prize - Perth Academy - awarded to William D[sic]. Knowles 1884-1885 - 1st student Senior Latin Class
1 x bronze medal -Edinburgh University - awarded to William A. Knowles 1885-1886 - Junior Mathematics
...
Dates:
1882-1893
Medical Buildings Time Capsule
Fonds
Identifier: EUA GD5
Scope and Contents
Note written by William Turnbull contating details about him, his wife Cecilia, and Thomas Wilkie, which describes their idea, along with three cuttings taken from The Scotsman. One includes an item on Popery in the Highlands by John Stuart Blackie, with a related poem on the establishment of Fort Augustus. Another reports weather conditions. The third includes coverage of a meeting of the Free Church Presbytery in Edinburgh.
Dates:
1880
MS letter (autograph signed) by Violet Jacob
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1462
Scope and Contents
This MS letter, addressed to 'Dear Sir', was written by Violet Jacob at Domaine de la Congue, Vence, in the Alpes Maritimes, France, on 6 April [no year] and presumably in 1936, given the reference in the letter to 'the honour done'. 1936 was the year in which she received the LL.D. from Edinburgh University. Domaine de la Congue is the location of a French 'Maison de retraite', a sanatorium for veterans today. The letter tells of how the letter reached her 'after various adventures' and that...
Dates:
1915-1917
Notes of lectures given by Alexander Monro (secundus), taken down by unknown person(s)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1325
Scope and Contents
This volume of notes is based on Monro's surgical lectures at Edinburgh Medical School, 1774-1775. The manuscript lectures are sub-headed Lectures 1-13 and are in two distinct hands - the first two lectures in one, and the rest in another. The paper is watermarked with a crown and the initials GR, undated, but this L.V.Gerrevink paper commonly used throughout much of the 18th century. Both hands are clear and legible, with just a few corrections, and occasional additions written on the verso of...
Dates:
1774-1775
Notes of lectures given by Dr. E. B. Jamieson
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-999
Identifier: Coll-1350
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two volumes of manuscript notes from the classes of 'Regional Anatomy', 1934-1935, and numbered Volume II and Volume III:
- - Volume II is concerned with the 'Thorax and brain'
- - Volume III is concerned with the 'Head and neck'
Dates:
1934-1935
Notes of Lectures of Professor Crum Brown, taken down by George Burns
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1251
Scope and Contents
The two volumes forming the collection contain a set of notes on Professor Crum Brown's lectures taken in Winter Session 1892-3 by George Burns (then residing in Grange Road, Edinburgh), in a clear and legible hand. The volumes are labelled on first pages as; Chemistry 1; and, Chemistry 2. They are stamped on the spine as 'Note Book' and on the front boards with the University badge.
Dates:
1892-1893
Outlines of Mechanical Philosophy (notes taken at lectures given by John Robison)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1370
Scope and Contents
Heavily annotated Outlines of Mechanical Philosophy with inserts, bearing extensive manual revisions from as late as 1803.
Dates:
1780-1803
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