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Reference code
UR-SF 46
Title
Records of Professor Hitchin, Dundee Dental School
Date(s)
- 1931-1968 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
0.6 linear metres
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Professor Aylwin Drakeford Hitchin held the Boyd Chair of Dental Surgery at the University of Dundee from 1947-1977, and was Dean of the Dundee Dental Hospital and school for most of that time. Professor Hitchin had an international reputation for his work on the pathogenesis of dental abnormalities and received a number of professional accolades, including being awarded a CBE in 1970. Professor Hitchin died on October 1st, 1996.
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Scope and content
Dundee Dental Health Association Minutes, 1931-1939; Dundee Dental School and Hospital, General Correspondence and accounts, 1948-1961; Documents relating to the reopening of the Dundee Dental school, 1877-1954; Dundee Dental hospital reports, 1948-1966; General Dundee University correspondence, 1953-1954.
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Not expected
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Conditions governing access
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Conditions governing reproduction
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Previous
RC29
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Description identifier
UR-SF 46
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Description compiled in line with the following standards: International Council on Archives, ISAD(G) General International Standard Archival Description; International Council on Archives, ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families; National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Status
Catalogued
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English