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Thomas Churton certificates

Archive File: LUA MED/9/1/4

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Thomas Churton certificates

Level: File

Classmark: LUA MED/9/1/4

Original reference: Handlist 2b item 3

Date(s): 1859-1879

Size and medium: 1 roll of 11 items

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/629887

Collection group(s): University Archive | Medical Collections

Description

Contains certificates awarded to Thomas Churton for various qualifications from the following institutions:


University of London:

- certificate of matriculation as a student, 21 Jul 1859

- certificate for passing the first exam for a Bachelor of Arts degree, 26 Jul 1860

- certificate for passing the preliminary scientific examination for a degree of Bachelor of Medicine, 31 Jul 1862


Royal College of Surgeons of England:

- certificate for qualification as a surgeon and membership of the College, 21 May 1862


Society of Apothecaries of London:

- certificate for qualification as an Apothecary, 1 Jan 1863


Royal Humane Society:

- certificate for election as a Medical Assistant at the Royal Humane Society, in the district of Erith, Kent, 19 April 1865


University of Aberdeen:

- two certificates for degrees, dated 8 Aug 1876

- one certificate, dated 1877

- a card for the University of Aberdeen General Council, certifying Churton as a registered member for life, 31 Dec 1877.

- certificate of registration for additional qualification, M.D. University of Aberdeen 1877, registered 19 Nov 1879

Biography or history

Thomas Churton (1839-1926) was a lecturer in Medicine at the Leeds School of Medicine between 1884 and 1920. He trained at the Universities of Aberdeen and London, as well as at the Leeds School of Medicine, qualifying in 1862. He was Physician to the Leeds General Infirmary 1880-1920. He died in 1926.


Source:

Anning, S.T. 'The General Infirmary at Leeds Vol II: The Second Hundred Years', (E&S Livingstone Ltd, 1966), p. 127

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Physical and technical conditions

Rolled certificates. The 1862 University of London certificate has a large tear through one of the edges.

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