Kirk, Helen (wife of Sir John, consul general at Zanzibar, née Cooke)
Person
Dates
- Existence: ?1843 - 1914
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Sir John Kirk and Lady Helen Kirk.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9942/1-65
Scope and Contents
Papers of Sir John Kirk GCMG KCB (1832-1922), physician, administrator, naturalist, photographer, and Lady Kirk, née Helen Cooke (d.1914).John Kirk was born at Barry in Forfarshire in 1832. After qualifying as a doctor in 1854, he volunteered for medical service in the Crimea and subsequently became Dr. David Livingstone's chief assistant on his second Zambesi Expedition, 1858-1863. In 1866 Kirk was appointed Medical Officer and Vice-Consul of Zanzibar. He became Assistant...
Dates:
Circa 1856-circa 1973.
Professional and personal correspondence of John and Helen Kirk; with reports and notes relating to the professional and research activities of John Kirk., Circa 1856-1925, 1965.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/1-20
Scope and Contents
Largely original correspondence, but also containing some copies. Includes research material related to Bibi Salimah, and the manuscript 'Arab History of Kilwa'.
Dates:
Majority of material found within Circa 1856-1925, 1965.
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