WILLIAM "1ST BARONET" JENNER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 10/01/1882 - HFSID 272975
Sale Price $325.00
Reg. $400.00
WILLIAM "1ST BARONET" JENNER
He pens this autograph letter agreeing to a meeting.
Autograph Letter Signed: "W. Jenner", 1p, 4½x7. Grosvenor Square, 1882 October 1. On
imprinted stationery to "Dear Mr. Metcalfe". In full: "I shall be very happy to meet you at 41
Clinton Gardens to-morrow (Monday) at 3:15 - Yours very truly". At the time of this letter,
Jenner was President of the Royal College of Physicians (1881-1888). British physician
William Jenner (1815-1898) is best known for distinguishing the separate identities of
typhus and typhoid fevers (1847). A renowned physician and consultant, he was named
Physician Extraordinary (1861) and Physician in Ordinary to Queen Victoria (1862) and
Physician in Ordinary to the Prince of Wales (1863). Jenner, who was created a Baronet in
1868, was President of the Royal College of Physicians from 1881-1888. Lightly creased
with folds, not at signature. Heavily soiled at blank areas, moderately soiled at signature
(completely legible). Two tape remnants on verso lightly show through at blank left edge,
which is slightly irregular. Otherwise, fine condition.
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