C. Lovatt Evans; Papers and Correspondence of Sir Charles Arthur Lovatt Evans, 1884-1968

Items B.1 and B.2 consist of photographs of Lovatt Evans and his collaborators, many of them identified and dated by Lovatt Evans. His book of press-cuttings (A.21) indexed and annotated, also contains material of interest relating to his colleagues and fields of study.

Titles and descriptions in inverted commas are those which appear on the manuscripts.

A. Biographical and personal A.1 - A.21

B. Photographs B.1 - B.3

C. Committees and Consultancies C.1 - C.3

D. Lectures, publications, addresses D.1 - D.10

E. Correspondence E.1 - E.7

<p>For a full account of Lovatt Evans' career, appointments and honours, see the memoir by I. de Burgh Daly and R.A. Gregory, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 16, 1970, 233-252.</p>

The material was received from Mrs. Yvonne Lovatt Schou, younger daughter of Sir Charles Lovatt Evans.

The collection consists almost entirely of biographical and personal material, memorabilia, etc., covering the whole of Lovatt Evans' career. Many of the documents were worked over by Lovatt Evans during his retirement, and bear his later annotations, comments and reflexions.

Lovatt Evans was a pupil and collaborator of Ernest Starling with whom he worked at University College, London, 1911-1916, and during the First World War (see especially A.2, A.3). In 1919 Lovatt Evans joined the staff of the National Institute for Medical Research and collaborated with Sir Henry Dale with whom he remained in friendly correspondence throughout his life (see A.6, A.14, E.1).

Summary of the career of Sir Charles Lovatt Evans

b. 1884, Birmingham

1910 B.Sc., London (Ext.)

1911-16 Sharpey Scholar, University College, London Married Laura Stevenson

1912 Study at Freiburg University

1916-18 Royal Army Medical Corps, Anti-gas Department

1918 Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, Leeds University

1919-22 Work at National Institute for Medical Research, London

1923 Professor of Physiology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College

1925 Fellow of the Royal Society

1926-49 Jodrell Professor of Physiology, University College, London

1939-44 Seconded to Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment, Porton Down

1951 Knighted