IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 156527 accession number: CM.7-2005 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 25 January 2013 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: The foundation of the Calcutta School for Tropical Medicine in 1921 had entailed a great deal of difficulty raising funds and support, as political opinion in the British Raj varied widely between those who saw it as necessary to engage the Indian population more directly in the country's administration, and those who saw this as the effective loss of British control. As the attitude of the latter group was widespread, the incentive for the Indians to take advantage of the opportunities forced upon the latter group by the former was slight and rarely exercised. One of the supporters enlisted by Sir Leonard Rogers, head of the Indian Medical Service, whose particular mission the school's establishment was, was Lady Minto, widow of the late Earl of Minto who had from 1905-1910 been Viceroy of India, and very much one of the traditionalist school of administration. Part of her support for the scheme was made manifest in the establishment of two scholarships and this annual prize, to be awarded in memory of the late Earl for especially outstanding medical research in the previous five years. The award was given in the form of a plaquette, of which this example is the designer's own white metal proof version; the Museum also has another in bronze. title: Minto Memorial Medal NOTES ----- type: history note value: From the estate of the late Mrs Venetia M. Watson, daughter of the artist LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals collection: Wyon Collection STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156527 CATEGORIES ------ category: plaquette DATING ------ creation date: 1921 - 1962 creation date earliest: 1921 creation date latest: 1962 CREATORS -------- maker: Wyon, Allan Gairdner maker: Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine maker: Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Gilbert Elliot, Earl of Minto CITATIONS -------- The Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine: institutionalizing medical research in the periphery --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/CM_7_2005_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 244 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/CM_7_2005_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 244 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/CM_7_2005_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 244 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/CM_7_2005_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 244 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/CM_7_2005_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 245 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/CM_7_2005_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 245 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/CM_7_2005_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 245 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm18/CM_7_2005_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 245 pixels