English Language Autograph Letters: JOH-JON

1. Sir William Goscombe John - Letter to Dr. Harold Arthur Thomas Fairbank, 13 April 1912.

2. Charles Johnson - Letter to Guy's Hospital, adding his testimony to the high character of William Stone, 28 May 1839.

3. Christopher Johnson junior - Letter to James Shuter (1846-1883), surgeon re the testimonial to William Stone, Lancaster, 8 August 1882.

4. Sir George Johnson - Two letters to Mr Harris dated 9 April 1876 and 22 June 1888; letter to Mrs Harris of 11 May 1842; letter to unknown recipient of 23 November 1863 re papers for the Lancet on Cases of recovery from Bright's Disease of long duration; note to Miss Ella Davies, n.d.

5. George Henry Sacheverell Johnson - letter to Wallis, 27 December 1875.

6. J Johnson - Letter to the Revd Dr. Gray re operation on Lady Elizabeth Hastings (1682-1739) and her financial affairs, 20 July 1738, transcription included.

7. Manuel John Johnson - Letter to Mr Gavett of Albany, Oxford re invitation of the Local Committee of Albany, 15 July 1856.

8. Alexander Keith Johnstone, the elder - Letter to The Lord Provost of Glasgow re his intention to be present at the meeting of the British Association at Glasgow, 18 August 1855; Letter re his journey in the Tyrol and Salzburg, 29 July 1861.

9. Charles Johnston - Two letters to Mr Carey re chapter of his Abyssinian Life, which when completed will form the third volume of his travels, letters dated 3 and 28 December 1844; Four letters to T M Stone dated from 1861 to 1872.

10. George Johnston - Three letters to unknown recipients, two of which undated and the third one written in 1845.

11. Sir Henry Hamilton [Harry] Johnston - Letter to Sclater, n.d.; Letter to Charles H Allen in Hampstead, 26 December 1902; Letter to Douglas Murray re Liberian Rubber Co., 4 January 1905.

12. James Finlay Weir Johnston - Letter to Thomas Thompson, 16 February 1835; Letter to Dr. Ayres, 21 February 1844.

13. James Johnstone of Galabank - Two letters to Albert von Haller, Berne on the subject of Ganglions and experiments with regard to The Will in the Vital Nerve.

14. George Matthew Jones - Letter to E Belfour, Jersey, 26 June 1855.

15. Sydney Jones - Letter to T M Stone at the Royal College of Surgeons re Fellowship examination, 9 April 1860.

16. Thomas Rymer Jones - Three letters to Samuel Simpson Solicitor, Lancaster dated 26 July 1839, 8 and 14 June 1840, with syllabus of the second division of a course of lectures on the Natural History of the Lower Animals; Letter to William Henry Ince., 2 April 1842; Letter to unknown recipient of 2 June 1854; Note to Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892), n.d.; Note to unknown recipient re T M Stone as Assistant Librarian to the Royal College of Surgeons, n.d.; and Invitation card to George Thompson.

17. Thomas Wharton Jones - Letter to the Chairman of the Library Committee of the Royal College of Surgeons, re renewal of the membership, 1 October 1838.; Three notes to unknown recipients dated 8 May 1841 and 4 January 1842; Letter to Messrs. E Smith of 30 March 1842.

Purchased from Tregaskis, December 1927 (acc.68026); Stevens, London, July 1930 (acc.56545); Stevens, London, September 1930 (acc.56360); Stevens, London, March 1931 (acc.56477 and acc.56483); Stevens, London, April 1931 (acc.68565); Hodgson's, London, June 1931 (acc.80890); Glendining, London, July 1932 (acc.67688); Desgranges, Paris, July 1932 (acc.65635); Nouvry, Paris, April 1933 (acc.66069); Sotheby's, London, November 1933 (acc.67474); Sotheby's, London, March 1935 (acc.67397); Desgranges, Paris, October 1935 (acc.69099); Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection; E.Hall, Gravesend, circa January 1965 (acc.311503); Provenance details not recorded (acc.67430).

Sir William Goscombe John (1860–1952), a Welsh sculptor; He studied in Cardiff School of Art, the City and Guilds of London School of Art, and the Royal Academy Schools; Goscombe John created numerous public statues and memorials at home and abroad; His style is described as a compound of realism and romanticism.

Charles Johnson (1791–1880), a botanist; He was lecturer in botany at Guy's Hospital medical school and was known for using living specimens in his teaching; Johnson was a fellow of the Linnean Society and a member of the Botanical Society of London.

Christopher Johnson junior (1816-1894), a surgeon; He studied in Dublin at the Royal College of Surgeons, at the Meath Hospital; Johnson junior became surgeon to the Lancaster Infirmary.

Sir George Johnson (1818-1896), a physician; He studied medicine at King's College medical school in London; In 1846 Johnson became a member of the Royal College of Physicians and in 1850 a fellow; In 1856 he became physician to King's College Hospital and was professor of medicine at King's College for several years; Johnson was a fellow of the Royal Society; physician extraordinary to Queen Victoria; He was knighted in 1892; Johnson's contribution to medical literature was extensive, mostly dealt with the pathology and treatment of kidney disease.

George Henry Sacheverell Johnson (1808-1881), dean of Wells; a fellow, tutor and dean of Queen's College, Oxford; In 1838 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society.

J Johnson, surgeon.

Manuel John Johnson (1805-1859), an astronomer; He expanded the range of meteorological observations at the observatory; He adopted photographic recording of some of the instruments and installed an electrical recorder on his transit circle in 1858; Johnson was a fellow of the Royal Society and president of the Royal Astronomical Society 1857–8.

Alexander Keith Johnstone, the elder (1804–1871), geographer and cartographer; Johnston's work includes the National Atlas in 1843, the Physical Atlas in 1848, the first English atlas of physical geography, and the Royal Atlas in 1861; He was fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh, and a member of most of the world's important geographical societies.

Charles Johnston (d.1872), a surgeon.

George Johnston (1797 – 1855) a physician and naturalist; His books include The Flora of Berwick-upon-Tweed, History of British Zoophytes, and History of British Sponges and Lithophytes.

Sir Henry Hamilton [Harry] Johnston (1858–1927), an explorer and colonial administrator.

James Finlay Weir Johnston (1796 –1855) an agricultural chemist; He was one of the founders of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1837; Johnston was a reader in chemistry at Durham University; In 1899 money from his estate was used to found the Johnston Technical School in Durham, which is now the Durham Johnston Comprehensive School.

James Johnstone of Galabank (1730–1802), a physician; He practised in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

George Matthew Jones (1826-1853), surgeon; He contributed Three successful cases of Excision of the knee joint, Med. Times 1852-53.

Sydney Jones (1831-1913), a surgeon; He was at his time the most prominent figure in the surgical work of St Thomas's Hospital.

Thomas Rymer Jones (1810–1880), a morphologist and physiologist; He was professor of comparative anatomy at King's College, London (1836-74); Jones was also Fullerian professor of physiology at the Royal Institution (1840-42); In 1844 became a fellow of the Royal Society.

Thomas Wharton Jones (1808–1891), physiologist and ophthalmic surgeon; He was professor of ophthalmic medicine and surgery at the University College, London from 1851 to 1881; In 1840 Jones became a fellow of the Royal Society and 1844 a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.

In the Wellcome Library MS.5370 Lettsom papers - letter by James Johnstone of Galabank to Dr. Lettsom, 24 May 1782.