Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet
Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet was a physician, surgeon and writer (1853–1923). He was born at Dorchester and died at Lausanne.
Also recorded as Frederick Treves; Sir Frederick Treves.
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Recognition and collections
Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet received Companion of the Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint John.
Identity
What the record establishes about Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet.
M0008491: Portrait of Sir Francis Laking (1847-1914) and Sir Frederick Treves is dated 06 January 1942 and held by Wellcome Collection. The elephant man and other reminiscences / by Sir Frederick Treves, bart. is dated 1923 and held by Wellcome Collection. Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Surgical applied anatomy / by Sir Frederick Treves. is dated 1892 and held by Wellcome Collection. Physical education / by Frederick Treves. is dated 1892 and held by Wellcome Collection. Sir Frederick Treves. Lithograph, 1884. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection.
Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet is recorded as physician, surgeon and writer. Wellcome Collection records 118 objects associated with this heading.
Catalogued works
10 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1888 to 1942.
The Elephant Man and other reminiscences. A Manual of Operative Surgery. The Elephant Man. The Idol with Hands of Clay. M0008491: Portrait of Sir Francis Laking (1847-1914) and Sir Frederick Treves, dated 06 January 1942, held by Wellcome Collection. The elephant man and other reminiscences / by Sir Frederick Treves, bart., dated 1923, held by Wellcome Collection. Surgical applied anatomy / by Sir Frederick Treves., dated 1892, held by Wellcome Collection. Sir Frederick Treves. Lithograph, 1884., held by Wellcome Collection. Physical education / by Frederick Treves., dated 1892, held by Wellcome Collection. Surgical applied anatomy / by Frederick Treves., dated 1888, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 118 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Treves, Sir Frederick, baronet (1853–1923), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Treves, Sir Frederick, baronet (1853–1923), surgeon and author, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Pollock, Sir Frederick, third baronet (1845–1937), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 14 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet studied at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is surgery.
Positions recorded include rector.
Distinctions recorded are Companion of the Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint John.
Chronology
- 1853Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet born at Dorchester.
- 1884Sir Frederick Treves. Lithograph, 1884. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1892Surgical applied anatomy / by Sir Frederick Treves. is dated 1892 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1892Physical education / by Frederick Treves. is dated 1892 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1923Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet died at Lausanne.
- 1923The elephant man and other reminiscences / by Sir Frederick Treves, bart. is dated 1923 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1923The elephant man and other reminiscences / by Sir Frederick Treves, bart. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1942M0008491: Portrait of Sir Francis Laking (1847-1914) and Sir Frederick Treves (Wellcome Collection).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Cook, Sir Francis, 1st Baronet, Oxford Art Online, 2003
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Dundas, Sir Lawrence, 1st Baronet, Oxford Art Online, 2003
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Pollock, Sir Frederick, third baronet (1845–1937), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Treves, Sir Frederick, baronet (1853–1923), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
Treves, Sir Frederick, baronet (1853–1923), surgeon and author, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 118 works naming Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1348700: Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
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“Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Plates
Each plate is reproduced under the terms the holding register itself publishes, with its creator and licence named.

Vanity Fair caricature of Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet . ID: M 0784 Issue: 1655 Caption: Freddie Subject: Sir F Treves Caricaturist: Spy
Leslie Ward · Vanity Fair , 19 July 1900. Downloaded from James G. Ravin, MD (January 2004). " Sir Frederick Treves and Sympathetic Ophthalmia ". Arch Ophthalmol. 122 (1): 99-103. : Page , Picture . · Public domain
The picture record
Sir Francis Laking and Sir Frederick Treves. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Francis Henry Laking; Frederick Treves; Harry Herman Salomon
https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/4c/07/7e2a5d0eb07e0e5f83a0a674cbf1.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0021980.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-04-03): https · CC BY 4.0
The picture recordElsewhere in Books
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