English Language Autograph Letters: GRA

1. W.B. Cadogan Graham - Autograph letters found in a book by James Mason Good, Study of medicine (1840) - Letter to Adam Black at 10 Grosvenor Street, West, regarding the dedication of this thesis, n.d.

2. Sir Ernest Gordon Graham Graham-Little - Three letters to Mr. Oldham regarding suggestions for, or types of treatment, all sent from 40 Wimpole Street, London, 7 October 1930, 10 January 1931 and 8 February 1932.

3. Robert Graham - Letter to Henry Goadby, 24 May 1841; Letter to William Gourlie, Junior, in Glasgow, sent from Edinburgh, 24 June 1841; Two letters to unnamed recipients, one sent from Stirling, 12 April and 21 October 1844.

4. R. D. (Richard Dugard) Grainger - Testimonial, and letter addressed to Dear Sir, in favour of the Thomas Stone testimonial, 11 April and 26 December, 1845.

5. Sir James Robert Grant - Letter to Major Gossip, acting assistant to the Major General regarding an application for a spring waggon to convey five men belonging to the Cavalry Depot and 9th Foot, from the Hospital of the Glamorgan militia at Ramsgate to Canterbury, sent from Canterbury, 24 October 1812; Note beginning "Supplementary Return of Pay for an office of the Medical Department...", dated from the 25 April to the 24 June 1816.

6. John Grant - Proposal form on the life of John Grant, for £150, 26 May 1790.

7. Sir Patrick Grant - Letter addressed to Major, sent on Royal Hospital, Chelsea notepaper, regarding a pension for an inmate of the Chelsea Hospital, 5 September 1891.

8. Robert Grant - Letter to the Reverend James Fraser, sent from the Royal Astronomical Society, London, regarding preparing for the observation of the eclipse which is to take place on the 18th instant, 5 July 1860; Letter to Messrs. Macmillan and Co., sent from Gower Street, London, sending thanks for the useful copy of Roscoe's Spectrum analytics, 31 May 1869.

9. Robert Edmond Grant - Two letters to Dr. Ayres, sent from Grafton Place, Euston Square, London, 29 September 1851 and 11 May 1852; Two letters to Professor Bastian at University College London, sent from Euston Square, 26 June 1872 and 10 February 1873.

10. Asa Gray - Letter to the Reverend William Allport Leighton (1805-1889), botanist. Sent from the Botanic Garden, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 22 December 1871.

11. Baron Francis Gray - Letter to Edward Nelson, n.d.

12. George Robert Gray - Letter to John Gould (1804-1881), ornithologist, 8 October 1846; and letter to Hugh Cuming, 3 October 1846.

13. Samuel Frederick Gray - Letter to Edward Hobson (1872-1830), botanist and entomologist, sent from Apothecaries Hall, 30 March 1819.

14. Thomas Graham - Thirteen letters to different correspondents: to Richard Phillips, Professor of Chemistry, London, 11 January 1833; to William Gowdie, 1 May 1855 and 7 May 1855; to an unnamed recipient, 15 May 1857; to Robert Moon, November 1855; to Charles Brooke, 26 March 1857 and 15 April 1859; to Mr Foster, 11 June 1861; to Mr Fellowes, 22 May 1862; to Mr Simpson, 6 March 1864; to James Yates, 12 February 1866; to Robert Porrett, FRS, 16 December 1868; and an undated note to the Geological Society.

1790-1932

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Purchased from Stevens, London, July 1923 (acc.89267), September 1930 (acc.56557), March 1931 (acc.56483), and October 1933 (acc.68338); Desgranges, Paris, July 1930 (acc.63453), and October 1930 (acc.63459); Huscombe's, July 1931 (acc.67561); Hodgsons, London, October 1931 (acc.83555); Sotheby's, London, November 1933 (acc.67469); Glendining, London, January 1935 (acc.67974) and (acc.67993), and March 1935 (acc.68471); Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection; and E.Hall, Gravesend, circa January 1965 (acc.311503). Transferred from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, c.1939 (acc.91800). Provenance details of some items not recorded.

W.B. Cadogan Graham (d. 1839), surgeon. Assistant surgeon in the Bombay Presidency, and civil surgeon in Kattywar. Died in Bombay in 1839, aged 37.

Sir Ernest Gordon Graham Graham-Little (1867-1950), eminent consulting physician and member of parliament for London University. Born in India, he gained his B.A. degree at the Cape University in South Africa. He was awarded his degree as Medical Doctor, in London in 1893. In 1895, he was appointed physician at the East London Hospital for Children, where in 1925 he became consulting physician. Earlier in his career he decided to specialised in skin diseases and was appointed physician to the skin department, and lecturer in dermatology, at St. Mary's Hospital in 1902. He was honorary president of the International Dermatological Congress in Budapest, in 1935, and became a pioneer in the treatment of many skin conditions. He stood as an independent parliamentary candidate in 1924 and continued to hold his seat until the university franchise was abolished in 1950.

Robert Graham (1786-1845), physician and botanist. Educated at Edinburgh University, graduating in 1808. He was appointed physician to Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1812. He gave occasional lectures botany and in 1818, a chair was established at Glasgow University, where he became the first professor of botany. He transferred to Edinburgh University in 1820, having been appointed regius professor of botany and keeper of the king's garden. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1821. He also continued to lecture on clinical medicine and was appointed one of the physicians to the Royal Public Dispensary. In 1834 he opened a palm house in Edinburgh, and in 1836 became the first president of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. In 1840 he became president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. From 1818, he only published on botanical topics.

R. D. (Richard Dugard) Grainger (1801-1865), anatomist and physiologist. He trained as a surgeon and then at his brother, Edward's anatomical school in Webb Street, London, which he then carried on. When Webb Street closed in 1842, he became lecturer at St. Thomas's Hospital, where he remained until 1860. He wrote a valuable report on cholera in 1850, and was appointed inspector under the Chadwick's Burials Act, in 1854. He was a fellow of the Royal Society, a member of the Council of College of Surgeons, and also Hunterian orator in 1848.

Sir James Robert Grant (1773-1864), Chief Medical Officer at Waterloo, London.

John Grant, (b. 1751), of 9 Walcot Terrace, Lambeth.

Sir Patrick Grant (1804-1895), field-marshal. After being commissioned ensign with the 11th Bengal Native Infantry in 1820, he held increasingly important ranks until he became lieutenant-general in 1862. He became colonel in the Seaforth Highlanders in 1863 rising to field-marshall in 1883. He was later appointed colonel in the Royal Horse Guards, and gold-stick-in-waiting to Queen Victoria in 1885. He was Governor of the Chelsea Hospital, 1874 to 1895.

Robert Grant (1814-1892), astronomer. Grant studied at King's College, Aberdeen. He became a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1850 before receiving their medal in 1856. He published a History of Physical Astronomy from the Earliest Ages to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century in 1852. He edited Monthly notices between 1852 and 1860, and was awarded a Master of Arts in 1855 and Doctor of Laws in 1865 at Aberdeen. In 1859, he became professor of astronomy and director of the observatory at Glasgow University, later joining the Royal Society in 1865.

Robert Edmond Grant (1793-1874), comparative anatomist and transmutationist. Grant graduated as Medical Doctor at Edinburgh in 1814. He contributed important papers on sponges to the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal 1825 to 1826. From 1827-1874 he was professor of comparative anatomy and zoology at London University. He was appointed fellow of the Royal Society in 1836, Fullerian professor of physiology 1837-1840 and Swiney lecturer on geology at the British Museum. He was a friend of Charles Darwin and corresponded with Cuvier and Saint-Hilaire.

Asa Gray (1810-1888), American botanist.

Gray, Baron Francis (fl. 1816), Fellow of the Royal Society.

Gray, George Robert (1808-1872), Zoologist. Youngest son of Samuel Frederick Gray, educated at Merchant Taylor's School. Became Zoological Assistant at the British Museum in 1831, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1866.

Gray, Samuel Frederick (fl. 1780-1835), naturalist and pharmacologist. Published Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia in 1818, and Natural Arrangement of British Plants, along with his son, in 1821.

Graham, Thomas (1805-1869), chemist. Discovered the polybasic character of phosphoric acid, and made valuable researches on the compounds of alcohol with salts. Introduced the "Graham tube". Elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1836.