Sudan medical papers of Robert Kirk

A wide range of papers relating to the medical practice in Sudan, written or collected by Robert Kirk.

Robert Kirk (1905-1962) joined the Sudan Medical Service in 1933, eventually becoming Director of the Wellcome and Stack Laboratories. In 1952 he was appointed Professor of Pathology in the University of Khartoum, and later Dean of the Medical Faculty. In 1955 he went to Malaya, and thence to Hong Kong, where he died in 1962.

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

The papers were found among Kirk's effects after his death. They were presented to the R.C.S. by Professor J.B. Gibson, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, through Dr K.E. Robinson, February 1977.

Includes index.

MSS 42

MSS Addenda, vol. I.

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue.

Kirk, Robert, 1905-1962, doctor