Kirk, John, Sir, Knight (consul general at Zanzibar)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1832 - 1922
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Copies of papers from other sources: correspondence., 1858-1897, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/55-61
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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:
1858-1897, undated.
Copies of papers from other sources: miscellaneous family papers of John Kirk, father of Sir John Kirk; published works about and by John Kirk; photographs taken by John Kirk., 1856-1973.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/62-65
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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:
1856-1973.
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