Key Information
Reference code
TH/PP/31
Title
Volume of collected papers relating to physician Raymond John Horton-Smith, 1895-1897
Date(s)
- 1895 - 1897 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 vol
Scope and content
Papers relating to Raymond John Horton-Smith, (1873-1899), including printed notices of his death, obituaries, photograph, and various published articles Horton-Smith 1895-1897. (1 volume)
General Information
Name of creator
(1873-1899)
Biographical history
R J Horton-Smith was born in London on 16 Mar 1873, the son of Richard Horton-Smith and his wife Marilla nee Baily. He was educated at Reading and Marlborough College, Wiltshire, St John's College Cambridge, University of London (Wainwright Prizeman) and St Thomas' Hospital Medical School. He was awarded MA, MB, BC, MRCS, LRCP. He died of tuberculosis on 8 Oct 1899, at Davos, Switzerland, aged 27. The Raymond Horton-Smith Prize I the University of Cambridge was founded in his honour in 1900.