Privately printed pamphlet titled '1905-1951' by Amos Chown, F.I.M.L.T.: An account of Chown's work as a laboratory technician at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology and the Radcliffe Infirmary from 1905 to 1949.
Seven page, probably privately printed memoir of a 46 year career as a pathology laboratory technician in Oxford.
Dates
- Creation: 1949
Extent
4 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 7963, fol. 63].
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. c. 7963, fols. 63-66
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15883
Abstract
Pamphlet account of a technician's work at the pathology laboratories at of the University of Oxford Department of Pathology and the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford
Biographical / Historical
Amos Chown, a Fellow of the Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology, started his career in 1905 as a 14-year-old laboratory technician in the University Pathological Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford (later renamed the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology) under the first Professor of Pathology, James Ritchie. He moved to the pathology laboratory at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford in 1914 and worked there until his retirement in 1951 (and wrote this account of his work two years prior to his retirement).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
From the papers of the late Pamela June Cross (nee Adams) 1933-2013, a Medical Laboratory Technician at the Radcliffe Infirmary 1949-1958
Subject
- Chown | Amos | b 1891 | pathology laboratory technician (Person)
- Radcliffe Infirmary | Oxford (Organisation)
- University of Oxford | Sir William Dunn School of Pathology x Dunn School (Organisation)
- Title
- Personal account of the early history of pathology laboratories in Oxford
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Charlotte McKillop-Mash
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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