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Christopher Draper Collection

By Victoria Cranna · June 5, 2020 · Archives · No comments

Dr Christopher Charles Gawler Draper was born in Malaysia in 1921 and educated at Sherbourne and New College Oxford, graduating in 1945. As a medical student in Oxford he was involved with the trials of penicillin at the Radcliffe Infirmary as part of the war effort and then spent a…

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Eye Health: Operating spectacles

Finding LSHTM data and other reusable resources

By Gareth Knight · May 7, 2020 · Archives, Library, open access, Research data management, Uncategorized · No comments

LSHTM Data Compass is a digital repository of research items produced by LSHTM researchers – staff and students alike – that have been made available for analysis and use in further research. The repository lists almost 1,500 item, including databases & spreadsheets, interview and focus group transcripts, software tools and processing scripts, as well as questionnaire and interview guides. This includes items hosted in the repository itself and those held in third party systems.

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Love in the time of Sleeping Sickness

By Leila Sellers · February 14, 2020 · Archives, Uncategorized · No comments

There’s happiness in love                Peter mine that will raise our souls above,      Peter mine, Hearts together we will roam through long ages yet to come Finding nature Truth our own…

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science

By Leila Sellers · February 11, 2020 · Archives · No comments

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. To mark the occasion we are shining a light on the life and work of Alice Ball. Ball was one of three women – along with Florence Nightingale and Marie Sklowdoska-Curie – added to LSHTM’s iconic frieze of medical…

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The group photo below shows the laboratory girls Jane and Louise (middle row right and left respectively).

LSHTM and the First World War

By Victoria Cranna · November 11, 2019 · Archives · No comments

Today is Armistice Day, a day where we remember those who fought and died in the First World War. Many of the staff and students of the School joined the war effort and to commemorate their efforts we have created this post to show what staff from the School did…

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Origins of LSHTM on our 120th birthday

By Victoria Cranna · October 2, 2019 · Archives, Uncategorized · No comments

120 years ago today, on 2nd October 1899, the School opened its doors to its first students. LSHTM has been celebrating our 120th anniversary with a number of events, more information is on our LSHTM 120 page on our website.

Here is a short history of how the School was…

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Class of 1919

By Victoria Cranna · September 23, 2019 · Archives, Uncategorized · No comments

As we welcome new students to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, it seems appropriate that we reflect on the students who attended 100 years ago, the class of 1919.

The 61st session ran from October to December. 52 students attended the School, of these 46 were men…

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More artwork at LSHTM

By Victoria Cranna · September 17, 2019 · Archives · No comments

To follow up a recent post on Artwork at LSHTM, we are focusing on some more wonderful pieces of art that are on display in the Keppel Street building.

This weekend (21-22 September) visitors will be able to view these pieces as part of Open House London.

 

Woman…

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The School in 1929

By Victoria Cranna · July 31, 2019 · Archives · No comments

During July the Archives Service has been celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Keppel Street building with a display on the history of the building, and regular tweets and blog posts. For our final blog post, we thought that we’d concentrate on the staff and students who were at…

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Artwork in Keppel Street

By Victoria Cranna · July 30, 2019 · Archives · No comments

During our regular tours of the building, we point out the various artworks which are on display around the Keppel Street building. In 2000, the School established a contemporary art programme. The initial idea was to commission or purchase some sculptures and pictures, but the building has relatively few suitable…

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