Home, Sir Everard, first baronet (1756-1832), surgeon

8 letters by Home, signed (except for nos. 5-6, which are in the third person) and dated (except for no.9, which had no date). One letter is in French (no.2). Correspondents include Mr Shepherd (no.5) and William Clift (no.7). One document, which is a description of a New Marine Animal (no.1). A label (no.10) and a newspaper article describing the work of Sir Edward Home (no.11).

1785-1832

1 file (11 items)

Purchased from Stevens, London, July 1930 (acc.56545) and September 1932 (acc.89090); Purchased from Desgranges, Paris, November 1934 (acc.67149); Purchased from Winifred A. Myers, London, October 1991 (acc.348589); Purchased from Glendining, London, November 1931 (acc.67582); Purchased from Sotheby's, London, February 1931 (acc.56320); Transferred from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, c.1939 (acc.91800); No accession details recorded for nos. 6-7 and 11.

Home, Sir Everard (1756-1832) was a first baronet and surgeon, born in Hull, Yorkshire. He became a surgical pupil of his brother-in-law John Hunter (1728-1793), surgeon at St. George's Hospital, London. Home drew heavily on Hunter's work in the papers and books, which he published after Hunter's death. Home often published Hunter's observations as his own and the full extent of his plagiarism has not been established. Home died in 1832. A full description of his life and work is to be found in the Dictionary of National Biography.