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International Women’s Day: 2019

By Aisling OMalley · March 8, 2019 · Archives · No comments

International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Today is a great chance to remind ourselves of all the women who have contributed to science, technology, engineering and mathematics throughout their various histories and who may have been…

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Sir Andrew Balfour

By Aisling OMalley · January 30, 2019 · Archives · No comments

On this day, Sir Andrew Balfour, first Director of LSHTM and Scottish Medical Officer, died in 1931.

Born in Edinburgh in 1873, it seemed that Balfour would follow in the footsteps of his successful father, Dr T.A.G Balfour, an Edinburgh medical doctor, indeed after graduating the University of…

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LSHTM and The Great War

By Aisling OMalley · November 10, 2017 · Archives · No comments

This Saturday 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, the Library & Archives Service has created an exhibition – on display in…

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90th Anniversary: Laying of the Foundation Stone

By Aisling OMalley · July 7, 2016 · Archives · No comments

Today, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, marks the 90th year of the laying of the school’s Foundation Stone by future Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. It would be another three years until the school was officially opened by the H.R.H Prince of Wales on the…

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75 Years Ago Today: LSHTM & the Blitz

By Aisling OMalley · May 10, 2016 · Archives · No comments

75 years ago today, on Saturday, 10th  May, 1941, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine was bombed. Fortunately, as the bomb struck at 10.45pm, only four people – G.S Parkinson, K. M. Shaw, W. Gurr and W. Farr – were present and all escaped unscathed. Unfortunately, the same…

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The First World War and LSHTM

By Aisling OMalley · November 11, 2015 · Archives · No comments

Sunday 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, the Library & Archives Service have selected four members of staff and outlined…

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Devotion to the cause: addresses by the Director (1924)

By Eloise Carpenter · March 12, 2015 · Journals, Library Resources · No comments

 

The Library serial collection holds some fascinating publications of the School including journals, bulletins, collected papers, reports and memoir series (dating from between 1899-1988).  These historical publications are soon to join the Library’s other serials (published pre-2010) that are stored in the University of London Library…

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