Papers of Herbert Watt Torrance, 1892-1977, medical graduate and medical missionary, University of Glasgow c 1910-1975

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Papers of Herbert Watt Torrance, 1892-1977, medical graduate and medical missionary, University of Glasgow c 1910-1975

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Glasgow University Archive Service

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University of Glasgow (1451- : Glasgow, Scotland)

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These are Economic History lecture notes, possibly a lecturer's own notes. There are 6 notebooks within a slipcase. On the slipcase is written in pencil "Dr James Cunnison? Alec Macfie?" The identification of the author of these notes is not certain. There is one letter within volume 6 addressed to Dr Cunnison, but without a comparison of handwriting it has not possible to assign these notes to Dr Cunnison. References within the notes would indicate that they were written after 1924. ...

Torrance, Herbert Watt, 1892-1977, medical graduate and medical missionary, University of Glasgow, Scotland,

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Herbert Watt Torrance was born in Tiberias in 1892 , the third son of Dr David Watt Torrance, a missionary who had worked in Palestine, Egypt, Damascus, Nazareth and opened a hospital in Tiberias in 1885, with the specific purpose of being open to any race or religion. Herbert Watt Torrance studied at the University of Glasgow between 1911-1916, graduating with an MB ChB in 1916 . During his time at University he received a medal for Surgery (1914-1915), first class certificates for...