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William Osler Photo Collection launched

Published: 20 November 2008

The UU直播 Library is pleased to launch , a searchable and browsable website of 384 images drawn from the Osler Library's collection of photographs of Sir William Osler (1849-1919), who graduated from Medicine at UU直播 University in 1872 and, after a brief interval, taught there for ten years. He went on to the University of Pennsylvania (1884-1889), Johns Hopkins (1889-1905) and finally became Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford and one of the most famous doctors in his time. There are photographs from all stages of his life, along with pictures of Lady Osler, his son Edward Revere Osler and other family members. The site was made possible by a generous donation from the John P. McGovern Foundation.

Special thanks to

Christopher Lyons (Liaison Librarian)

Louise O鈥橬eill (Associate Director, Library Technology Services)

Jacqueline Barlow (Special Project Librarian/Cataloguer)

Elizabeth Thomson (Systems Analyst)

Mutugi Gathuri听 (Web Developer/ Programmer)

Greg Houston (Digitization Administrator)

Megan Chellew (Cataloguing librarian)

Alan Burk (Special Consultant on Metadata and Digitization)

Deepak Matthews (Student assistant)

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