Letters, 1902-1905.

Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910

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Edward VII (born Albert Edward, 9 November 1841, London, United Kingdom,-d. 6 May 1910, London, United Kingdom) was the the eldest son and second child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He hoped to pursue a career in the British Army, but his mother vetoed an active military career. He married Alexandra of Denmark in 1863. During Queen Victoria's widowhood, Edward pioneered the idea of royal public appearances as they are understood today; he was regarded worldwide as an arbiter of men's fash...

Cranefield, Paul F. (Paul Frederic), 1925-

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Paul F. Cranefield Jr. (born in 1925) was a medical doctor and professor at Rockefeller University. In addition to his medical career, Paul Cranefield was a great bibliophile and collector, and an avid theater lover. His administrative thoroughness was also applied for the benefit of the Off-Off Broadway theater since the beginning of the movement in the 1960s. In the 1960s and 1970s Cranefield was a founding director and supporter of La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, w...

New York Academy of Medicine. Friends of the Rare Book Room

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Treves, Frederick, 1853-1923

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Frederick Treves was a surgeon at the Royal London Hospital, also authoring studies on physical education, clothing and gastrointestinal surgery. He is known for an account of his friendship with Joseph Merrick, the 'Elephant Man', and also for having served as sergeant surgeon to King Edward VII. Treves performed an appendicectomy and drainage of an appendix abscess on the King in 1902, only two days before his intended coronation. Recovery from this surgery was uncomplicated and the following ...

McCaul, Ethel

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