Gilpin, Archibald

Notebooks, 1923; case notes; writings, 1930s-1940s; and papers on clinical trials of cortisone.

1923-1959

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These items were presented to the Wellcome Institute Library in 1960 by Dr Gilpin's widow, who was an Institute employee. Works on medical history collected by him were also given by her to the Library.

Archibald Gilpin qualified in medicine at King's College Medical School. In 1931 he was awarded the Ferrier Prize. In 1933 he had a travelling scholarship to study renal pathology under L Aschoff in Freiburg. In 1935 he was appointed junior physician, morbid anatomist, and curator of the museum at King's College Hospital. He held the post of Harveian Librarian at the Royal College of Physicians, and was archivist to the Society of Apothecaries. For further biographical details see Munk's Roll Vol V, pp.151-152.