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Date(s)
- [1919 - 1950] (Creation)
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Scope and content
J H E Winston's notebook titled 'Guy's Hospital Museum of Antiquities 1919-1920, including descriptions of a bass relief from the mansion of the prior of St Pancras, discovered on the site of the College; notes on the construction of Guy's; list of illustrations and of Guy's Hospital; notes on John Keats; and other items relating to the history of Guy's Hospital. Also contains some loose cards containing captions for museum objects, and loose notes on similar historical subjects.
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Biographical history
John Henry Ernest Winston was appointed Librarian at the Wills Library, Guy's Hospital Medical School in 1914, aged 21. During World War One he served in France, being taken prisoner in May 1918. Winston returned to Guy's Library after demobilisation in 1919. In 1921, he was appointed Assistant Clerk to the Dean of the Medical School, and in 1925, Secretary of the School. From 1950-1955, he was the Appointments Officer.