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1883-1951 (Creation)
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- Seaborn, Edwin, Dr.
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9.97 m; 1,679 photographs; 465 negatives; 263 postcards; 76 lantern slides; 8 textual records; 1 painting; 2 envelopes; 1 microfilm
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Dr. Edwin Seaborn was born on May 14, 1872 in Rawdon, Quebec to Reverend William Minter Seaborn and Aquile Rondeau Seaborn. The family moved to London, Ontario in 1879. Seaborn graduated from the Western University Medical School in 1895. After graduation he taught Anatomy at the Medical School, becoming a professor of Anatomy and Surgery and the Chair of Anatomy by 1916. In 1916, Seaborn was appointed commander, at the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, of the No. 10 Stationary Hospital established by Western University. The unit served in England from 1916 to 1917, and France from 1917 until demobilization in 1919.
In private practice in London after the war, Seaborn also carried out medical and zoological research. His research included an extensive study of Ochronosis, a rare disease, and a study of the Maskinonge species of fish. Seaborn was also interested in local history. He was very active in the London and Middlesex Historical Society, and served as president in 1936. Through his involvement in the society, he obtained access to the diaries, letters and reminiscences of various area residents, including early pioneers, farmers, merchants and doctors. Seaborn combined his love of medicine and history to write The March of Medicine in Western Ontario, which traces the history of medicine in Western Ontario. In 1938, the University of Western Ontario presented Seaborn with an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
In 1904 Seaborn married Ina Matilda Bucke, daughter of prominent physician, Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke. They had one child, Ina (Dee-Dee) Jessie Helene.
Edwin Seaborn retired in 1948 and died in London, Ontario in November, 1951.
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The fonds consists of records relating to Edwin Seaborn's medical and military careers, research, and personal records. Included are ledgers, research notes, correspondence, programmes, invitations, scrapbooks, postcard collection, photographs, books, newspaper clippings; and copies of diaries, letters and reminiscences of various Middlesex County residents.
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The original Charles Lilley scrapbook in S5-SS2-F41 is restricted due to poor condition; please use microfilm for access.
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Associated materials
AFC 203 (Dr. R.M. Bucke and family fonds) ; Box B5111 ( Papers of Leslie and Elma Gray. Materials related to Walt Whitman, Bucke, Edwin Seaborn, John Dwyer, Indian Land Claims and the Fairfield Mission ca. 1800-1970) ; AFC 4 (No.10 Canadian Stationary Hospital fonds); "The March of Medicine in Western Ontario" is available in the ARCC Reading Room and the D.B Weldon Library under the call number R463.O6S3. Illustrations from "The March of Medicine in Western Ontario" are available at the London Public Library, Ivey Family London Room.; Additional copies of the diaries collected by Seaborn, can be found in the Seaborn Collection at the London Public Library, Ivey Family London Room. This collection includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, correspondece, historical research, photographs and indices prepared by Dr. Edwin Seaborn. A list of the Seaborn Collection at London Public Libray is attached to this finding aid.; Edwin Seaborn's attestation paper, for service in the No. 10 Canadian Stationary Hospital, is available on the Library and Archives Canada web site (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=219922)
; See AFC 134-6-40 and AFC 134-6-59 (Dr. Edwin Seaborn's papers for the Baconian Club).
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The diaries, letters and reminiscences copied by Seaborn in the 1940's, were created between 1790 and 1941. Several newspaper clippings relate to the Seaborn family and are dated between 1951 and 1965.