English Language Autograph Letters: GO

1. Henry Goadby - Letter, with envelope, to T.M. Stone at the Royal College of Surgeons, London, envelope stamped 1846; Letter to Tommy (T.M. Stone) sent from Detroit, Michigan, 16 March 1856; Letter to an unknown recipient, sent from Hanley Crescent, n.d.

2. Sir Rickman John Godlee - Letter to an unnamed recipient, regarding small relics which might find a place in the recipient's museum, sent from Wimpole Street, London, 7 February 1916; Letter to Dr. Teacher, regarding catgut, from about 1870, for the Lister memorial and containing a small illustration, Wimpole Street, 16 July 1920; Letter to Mr. Maylord, regarding a plan in the Glasgow Herald of 'the old ward', and taking some photographs of it, should it be destroyed, 26 July 1922.

3. Clement Godson - Letter to Mrs. Ayer, regarding a nurse for her son, sent from Grosvenor Square, London, 8 September 1875; Letter to My dear Shuter, about a contribution to the 'Stone Testimonial Fund', 9 September 1882.

4. Sir George Taubman Goldie - Letter, with envelope, to Mr. Allen, 17 Well Walk, Hampstead, regarding Allen's abrupt termination of his work as an abolitionist of slaves in Nigeria, written on Hotel Metropole headed notepaper but sent from the Naval & Military Club, Piccadilly, London, 25 March 1902.

5. Robert William Goldie - Letter to John Milner Fothergill (1841-1888), regarding a case of aortic mitral regurgitation, sent from the Poplar & Stepney Sick Asylum, Devon's Road, Bromley, 10 June 1887.

6. Charles Goodall - Photocopy of a letter from Charles Goodall to an unknown recipient regarding cortex (cinchona), 7 November 1680.

7. H. H. (Henry Hurry) Goodeve - Letter to Charles Brooke (1804-1879), surgeon and inventor and fellow of the Royal Society, n.d.; Signature of H.H. Goodeve, with address, n.d.

8. S. J. (Stephen Jennings) Goodfellow - Two letters to Thomas Madden Stone, librarian of the Royal College of Surgeons, one sent from 39 Upper Gower Street, London, 11 November, 1846, and the other from 5 Savile Row, London, 28 February 1862 ; Letter to J. Luke, sent from 4 Russell Square, London, 21 December 1853; Letter to Charles Brooks, sent from 4 Russell Square, London, 8 March 1859.

9. Horatio Goodday - printed indenture, with manuscript insertions, binding Goodday as an apprentice to George Fincham, apothecary, Spring Gardens, London, 3 December 1822.

10. John Goodsir - Letter to Dr. Dobie, sent from Edinburgh, 22 July 1851; Letter to Dr. Murchison, sent from Edinburgh University, 30 September 1857; Three separate signatures of John Goodsir, n.d.

11. James Alexander Gordon - Autograph of James A. Gordon, 12 November 18--?

12. Richard Thomas Gore - Letter to William Clift, at the Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, sending him a copy of his translation of Carl G. Carus's Comparative Anatomy of Animals, (1827), sent from Bath, 3 October 1827.

13. Philip Henry Gosse - Two letters sent from Sandhurst, Torquay, to unnamed recipients written on a publisher's advertisement for the publication, A History of the British Sea-anemones, by P.H. Gosse (1858), 20 February and 12 March 1858; Letter to the Reverend J.B. Paton, 8 August 1860; Letter to Mr. Heeve?, 29 March 1865; Letter to the Reverend W. Valentine, 31 August 1871; Letter to William Sowerby, 23 November 1882.

14. Henry Goulburn - Two letters from Henry Goulburn to surgeon, Sir Everard Home (1756–1832), on the emigration of Mr. Puckey and his family to New South Wales, 14 and 21 February 1815.

15. A. (Alfred) Pearce Gould - Postcard to James Shuter, in New Broad Street, London, from Alfred Gould, asking for his name to be added to the Committee of the Stone Testimonial Fund, 24 September 1882.

16. Benjamin Apthorp Gould - Letter to Professor Young, sent from Cambridge, 20 October 1891.

17. Dr. Gower - Letter to Mr. Nichols enquiring whether any account was ever published in the Gentleman's Magazine of the life of the late Dr. David Pitcairne, sent from Old Burlington Street, London, 22 September 1814.

18. Foote Gower - Letter to the Reverend Dr. Percy, Northumberland House, sent from Chelmsford, regarding proposals for printing by subscription a new and general History of the County Palatine of Chester, 1 April 1772, with a short, undated press cutting mentioning this; Letter to an unnamed recipient, sent from Chelmsford, 16 June 1777.

19. Sir W.R. (William Richard) Gowers - Letter to Dr. Dobie, authenticating or otherwise the signatures of Bentham and Jenner, sent from Queen Anne Street, 26 March, 18--?; Three photocopies of letters from Sir W.R. Gowers to Sir Victor Horsley, one dated 12 April, and two n.d. (possibly previously published by J.B. Lyons).

Presented by Mrs. Fothergill, September 1927 (acc.67370); Purchased from Sotheby's, London, February 1930 (acc.52480), April 1932 (acc.65133); Purchased from Stevens, London, August 1930 (acc.63313), September 1930 (acc.56360), March 1931 (acc.68133), April 1931 (acc.68568); Purchased from Glendining, London, August 1935 (possibly an error for 1934) (acc.67874); Purchased from Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection; Transferred from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, c.1939 (acc.91800); Part of a batch of material transferred from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum offices: provenance not known (acc.69200); Acquisition details not known, probably acquired c.1982 (acc. 348582); Provenance details not recorded (acc.67430).

Henry Goadby (fl. 1846-1858), professor of vegetable and animal physiology and entomology in the State Agricultural College of Michigan, United States ca. 1850s. He wrote A text-book of Vegetable and Animal Physiology (1858) which was designed for use in schools, seminaries, and colleges in the United States. He was also co-editor of The Medical Independent: a Monthly Review of Medicine and Surgery.

Sir Rickman John Godlee (1849-1925), surgeon. The nephew of Joseph, Lord Lister, he studied medicine at London University and became professor of clinical surgery in 1892. He performed the first operation to remove a tumour from the brain in 1884. Also in 1884, he became surgeon at the Brompton Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest. His book, Diseases of the Lungs (1898) helped to stimulate the development of thoracic surgery. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1876, was made a baronet in 1912, awarded Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1914 and was elected president of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1916-1918. His works include, Atlas of Human Anatomy (1880) and Lord Lister (1917).

Clement Godson (1845-1913), midwifery and obstetric physician. He became a Medical Doctor in 1874, having qualified in clinical medicine at Aberdeen in 1872. He was appointed consulting physician at the City of London Lying-In-Hospital. He was formerly assistant physician-accoucheur at St. Bartholomew's Hospital and was awarded Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

Sir George Taubman Goldie (1846-1925), founder of the Royal Niger Company. He was commissioned in the Royal Engineers 1865-1867. He first visited West Africa in 1877 and carried out successful campaigns against the Muslim emirates of Nupe and Ilorin in 1897, and therefore abolished the legal status of slavery in the Company's territory. He was awarded Knights Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1887, and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1902.

Robert William Goldie (fl. 1872-1894), physician. Dr. Robert Goldie became the first superintendent of the Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum in 1872. He was a Medical Doctor, and a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He was also awarded member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1868. He contributed to 'On Skin Grafting' (Lancet, 1871) and the 'History of Case of Fracture of Base of Cranium' (British Medical Journal, 1881).

Charles Goodall (fl. 1680).

H. H. (Henry Hurry) Goodeve (1807-1884), physician. He gained his degree as Medical Doctor in 1829 at Edinburgh University. Later he became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1844 and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1869. He also became a Justice of the Peace for Gloucestershire.

S. J. (Stephen Jennings) Goodfellow (1809-1895), physician. He had an apprenticeship with a general practitioner in St. Austell, Cornwall, and later became a student at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, qualifying in 1832. In 1841 he qualified as a Medical Doctor and began to lecture on anatomy and physiology. In 1847 he became physician to the Aldersgate Street Dispensary, and became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1849. He was appointed assistant physician to the Middlesex Hospital in the same year, and became full physician in 1858.

Horatio Goodday (fl. 1822).

John Goodsir (1814-1867), anatomist. He studied at St. Andrews and Edinburgh under Syme and Macintosh, and practised medicine with his father at Anstruther, Fife, Scotland. In 1841 he was elected senior president of the Royal Medical Society, became a member of the Royal Physical Society, and became curator at the Royal College of Surgeons. Between 1838 and 1846 he wrote thirty scientific papers, including On the origin and development of the pulps and sacs of the human teeth (1839), which established his scientific reputation and, in 1845, his most important works were collected and published as Anatomical and Pathological Observations. Rudolf Virchow dedicated his Cellular-Pathologie to him (1858). He was also appointed professor of anatomy at the University of Edinburgh in 1846 where he remained until 1867.

James Alexander Gordon (1793-1872), physician. Graduated as a Medical Doctor in 1814 at Edinburgh. In 1819 he established, and wrote for, the Quarterly Journal of Foreign Medicine and Surgery with Dr. Mackenzie of Glasgow. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1836 and was appointed censor there in 1838. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1835. From 1828 to 1844 he was physician to the London Hospital.

Richard Thomas Gore (1799-1881), surgeon. He was born in Dublin. In 1820, he was appointed Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries, and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1821, and a fellow in 1843, being one of the original 300 fellows. He received his professional training at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and settled in practice at Bath. In 1844, he was appointed surgeon to the United Hospital, Bath, and retained this position until his death in 1881.

Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888), zoologist and religious writer. In his early years he was interested in entomology. After time spent as a naturalist in Jamaica he wrote a trilogy of books beginning with The Birds of Jamaica(1847). In 1853 his work A Naturalist's Rambles on the Devonshire Coast was published, helping to popularise marine biology and the seashore. He was appointed a fellow of the Royal Society in 1856. He later published various works where he tried to reconcile evolution with Christian thought.

Henry Goulburn (1784-1856), politician. In 1805 he took full responsibility for managing his family's Jamaican estates. As a Tory politician, from 1812 he was principally involved in colonial administration and later, Irish policy.

A. (Alfred) Pearce Gould (1852-1922), academic. Educated at University College London where he was house physician and surgeon, surgical registrar, and later demonstrator of anatomy. From 1912-1916 he was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at University of London, and Vice-Chancellor there, 1916-1917.

Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896), American astronomer. Son of Benjamin A. Gould (1787-1859), he graduated from Harvard in 1844, and in 1849, founded the Astronomical Journal. He was director of the Dudley Observatory in Albany, New York (1855-1859). In 1870, he was instrumental in establishing the Observatory at Cordoba, Argentina and meteorological stations south to Tierra del Fuego in 1872. He also determined the magnitudes and designations of southern stars in his Uranometria Argentina (1879).

Dr. Gower (fl. 1814).

Foote Gower (1726-1780), doctor. Church of England clergyman, doctor of Chelmsford, and a fellow of the Antiquary Society.

Sir W.R. (William Richard) Gowers, 1845-1915, physician and neurologist. He was educated at University College London and elected a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1867. In 1870 he was assistant physician at the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen Square, London. From 1872, he was on the staff of University College London, specialising in neurology. He was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1879, and in 1887 was elected fellow of the Royal Society.