Papers of Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes
TitlePapers of Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes
ReferenceMS0341
Level of descriptionfonds
Date1928-1984
Creator Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes, 1887-1982, Knight, surgeon, author, William Richard Le Fanu, 1904-1995, librarian
Admin./ biographical historySir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes was a General Surgeon and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1920). Keynes joined the RAMC in 1914. He later achieved the rank of Major as a surgical specialist with the British Expeditionary Force in France. During the First World War he an expert in blood transfusion. After the war,
he undertook research and published on breast cancer and radium treatment, as well as thyroid disease and hernia research.He gave his first Hunterian lecture in 1923 on cystic disease of the breast. After the Second World War, he became a full Surgeon at St Barts, London. He was elected to the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and served as a Council member from 1944 to 1952. He gave further Hunterian Lectures and was Honorary Librarian for the College and a Hunterian Trusteee. He was awarded the College Gold Medal in 1969.
For more information on Keynes' life and career, please visit his profile on Plarr's Lives of the Fellows: https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:378837/one?qu=geoffrey+langdon+keynes&te=ASSET
William Le Fanu was a Librarian, and Librarian to the Royal College of Surgeons of England. More information on Le Fanu can be found on the Library's History page via https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/about-the-library/library-history/
he undertook research and published on breast cancer and radium treatment, as well as thyroid disease and hernia research.He gave his first Hunterian lecture in 1923 on cystic disease of the breast. After the Second World War, he became a full Surgeon at St Barts, London. He was elected to the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and served as a Council member from 1944 to 1952. He gave further Hunterian Lectures and was Honorary Librarian for the College and a Hunterian Trusteee. He was awarded the College Gold Medal in 1969.
For more information on Keynes' life and career, please visit his profile on Plarr's Lives of the Fellows: https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:378837/one?qu=geoffrey+langdon+keynes&te=ASSET
William Le Fanu was a Librarian, and Librarian to the Royal College of Surgeons of England. More information on Le Fanu can be found on the Library's History page via https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/about-the-library/library-history/
Scope and ContentMaterial relating to the life and work of Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes
Extent2 boxes
LanguageEnglish
Conditions governing accessBy appointment only. See College website for contact details of the Archives.
Persons keyword Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes, 1887-1982, Knight, surgeon, author
