English Language Autograph Letters: JAM-JES

1. Robert Jamieson - Letter to Councillor Laing at Princes Street, Edinburgh, about Laing supporting Jamieson's claims to the parish of Currie, sent from Weststruther Manse, 12 September 1837.

2. Joseph Janson - Letter to Joseph Woods (architect and botanist), regarding Zachary Macaulay and his tours, postmarked 9 June 1835. Attached to the end of the same letter is a reply signed by William Branch? The envelope is addressed to both Joseph Woods, and, J.B. Scott, in Bungay.

3. Joseph Jee - Signature of Joseph Jee, n.d.

4. Sir Geoffrey Jefferson - Letter to Jefferson in Manchester, from Dr. Nichols at St. George's Hospital, with a typed note attached giving biographical details of Robert Henry Clarke (b. 1850), 1 January 1957.

5. James Jeffray - Signature of James Jeffray, n.d.

6. John Gwyn Jeffreys - Two letters to an unnamed recipient, sent from 33 Grosvenor Street, 10 and 15 March 1876.

7. Richard William Jelf - Three letters to unnamed recipients - sent from Kew, 3 April 1832 (or possibly 1852), sent from King's College, London, 19 June 1851, and one 28 July 1851; Biographical note re Cardinal Bembo n.d..

8. Henry Jephson - Letter to an unnamed female recipient about medicine not calculated to cause pain of discomfort, sent from Leamington, 24 January 1842; A signature of Jephson, n.d.

9. Edward Jesse - Letter to an unnamed recipient, sent from Windsor, 10 January 1842; Letter addressed to Mr. Hall, sent from Richmond, Surrey, 5 September 1848.

1832-1957

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Purchased from Sotheby's, London, February 1930 (acc.52479); Stevens, London, December 1919 (acc.62553), March 1931 (acc.56474), March 1931 (acc.68126), August 1931 (acc.68223); Glendining, London, August 1934 (acc.67908), August 1934 (acc.67912); Purchased from Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection; Provenance details not recorded (acc.67430).

Robert Jamieson (1802-1880), Church of Scotland minister. He studied at Edinburgh University (originally intending to study medicine), but became minister of Weststruther, in 1830, then Currie, Edinburgh, in 1837, and St.Paul's Glasgow in 1844.

Joseph Janson (1789-1846), botanist.

Joseph Jee (d. 1899), Deputy-Inspector General, recipient of the Victoria Cross (V.C.), Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.), Honorable Surgeon to Queen Victoria. He was educated at London and Edinburgh universities, and the École de Médecine in Paris. He served as a surgeon in the 15th Hussars, the Royal Dragoons, and the 78th Highlanders.

Sir Geoffrey Jefferson (1886-1961), neurosurgeon. Studied medicine at Manchester University. In 1909, he passed the London Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees with honours and distinction. He later became a demonstrator in anatomy and began to study the nervous system. He was awarded a fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1911. In 1913, he gained the London Master of Surgery with the gold medal. In 1916-1917, he was appointed to various surgical positions in Russia and was awarded the medal of the Russian Order of St. George. In the 1920s, Jefferson, along with Hugh Cairns in London and Norman Dott in Edinburgh, established neurosurgery as a specialism in Britain. In 1926, he brought about the founding of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, and served two terms as its president. In the same year, he was appointed to Manchester Royal Infirmary as a surgeon with a special interest in the nervous system and, in 1939, Manchester University created a chair in neurosurgery for him. Awarded Citizen of the British Empire in 1943, he played a large part in planning the future of neurosurgery in post-1945 Britain. He gained fellowships of the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians in 1947, and was knighted in 1950.

James Jeffray, (1759-1848), professor of anatomy at Glasgow.

John Gwyn Jeffreys (1809-1885), conchologist and lawyer. Treasurer of the Linnean and Geological Societies, he became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1840. He was vice-president of the British Association, and best known for his work on British and Mediterranean mollusca. He undertook deep sea dredging operations in the British seas, the Bay of Biscay, the Portuguese coast, Baffins Bay and the Norwegian coast, in the belief that remnants of the ancestors of current mollusca could be found in these layers.

R. W. (Richard William) Jelf, (1798-1871), English principal of King's College, London (1844-1868) and author. He took holy orders in 1821, graduated with a Master of Arts in in 1823, and as Doctor of Divinity in 1847. He founded the theological department at King's College, London, in 1846. In 1848, he edited and published Bishop Jewel's works in eight volumes. During a controversy over theology professor, F.D. Maurice's Theological Essays (1853), he compelled him to resign his professorship and condemned his views.

Henry Jephson (1798-1878), apothecary and physician, known as 'the walking doctor'. He was born near Marsfield, Nottinghamshire. He served a five year apprenticeship to an apothecary, before going to Leamington Priors to become an assistant to the town's surgeon, Mr. Charles Chambers, in 1818. He studied at St. George's Hospital, London, and was later was admitted as a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries. In 1827, he studied medicine at Glasgow University, and gained his qualification as Medical Doctor. Many of his treatments included drinking Leamington Spa water, eating fresh vegetables and walking. In 1848 he became totally blind.

Edward Jesse (1780-1868), writer on natural history. He was deputy-surveyor of the royal parks and palaces, ca. 1821-1851. He was a close friend of Reverend John Mitford, the editor of the Gentleman's Magazine. For some years, whilst he lived at Hampton, he was involved in the restoration of Hampton Court Palace. He wrote Gleanings in natural history (1832-1835), An angler's rambles (1836) and Anecdotes of dogs. He also edited Izaak Walton's The compleat angler and Gilbert White's Selborne.