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Wilcocks, Charles (1896-1977)
Catalogue reference: GB 0809 Wilcocks
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This record is about the Wilcocks, Charles (1896-1977) dating from c.1927-1977.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- GB 0809 Wilcocks
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Title (The name of the record)
- Wilcocks, Charles (1896-1977)
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Date (When the record was created)
- c.1927-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports, correspondence, publications and related papers, 1927-1977, notably including US War Department Technical Bulletins/TB Med and related correspondence; BBC radio scripts and related correspondence; Medical and sanitary data on various countries, compiled by the Medical Intelligence Branch, Preventive Medicine Division, Office of the Surgeon General, US Army; Information relating to his role as consultant, The Counties Public Health Laboratories; Publications on tuberculosis; Wilcocks' autobiography and watercolour of a typical medical officer's residence in East Africa.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arranged into 7 series
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- London University: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Wilcocks
- Charles
- 1896-1977
- Director of Bureau of Tropical Medicine
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 boxes and 1 oversize item
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Born 1896, graduated Manchester University; served in World War One in Egypt and the Palestine Campaign 1915-19 (wounded at Gaza 1917); Graduating MB Ch.B in 1924; joined the East African Medical Service in 1927; became Tuberculosis Research Officer in Tanganyika in 1930; at the Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases (he took the DTM&H in 1941) from 1938; Director of the Bureau, 1942 to 1961; also consultant to Counties Public Health Laboratories, London, 1962-76.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/540d40e0-6ee8-4187-a690-9b36f40d30dd/
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This record is held at London University: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Wilcocks, Charles (1896-1977)