Born 19 November 1865, at Stockton, Wilts, the third child and second son of Richard William Melsome, farmer, and Sophia Dean, his wife. He was educated at Lancing College and at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he took first-class honours in both parts of the Natural Sciences Tripos, 1886 and 1887

Born 10 August 1864 at Owen Sound, Ontario, the fourth child and third son of John Middlebrough, miller and contractor, and Margaret Burrow, his wife. He was educated at Old Stone School, now Strathcona Public School, Owen Sound, at the Model School, Collingwood, and at the Medical School of Toronto

Born in Natal, South Africa on 30 September 1899 the fourth son of George Hodgson Middleton, civil engineer, and Nannie Hester Hazlewood, his wife, afterwards of 38 Inverleith Place, Edinburgh, and Mansefield, Strathmiglo, Fife. His three elder brothers were killed in the war of 1914-18. He was educ

Born on 20 January 1865 at Spencer Road, Battersea, the second son and second child of Thomas Reid Miller, a staff officer in the Army, and Ellen Louise Turner, his wife. He was educated at Wellington College and at the London Hospital, where he gained the Buxton scholarship and acted as house surge

Born in 1914 and educated at Melbourne University. He acted in 1936 as assistant medical officer at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, and returning to Victoria was appointed assistant surgeon at the Melbourne Hospital and medical officer to the Ballarat Orphanage. He died at Ballarat on 22 March

Born 20 July 1869 at Preston Brook, Cheshire, the eldest son of James Scotson, wine and spirit merchant, and Mary Gibson, his wife. He was educated at Warrington Grammar School and at Owens College, Manchester. He graduated MB BCh at Manchester University, and served as house surgeon at the Royal In

Born on 26 December 1863, third of the five sons of Giulio Bastianelli (1824-1904), physician to the Santo Spirito Hospital, Rome, and his wife Teresa Zonca, he was a pupil of Francesco Durante (1844-1934) Hon FRCS. With his elder brother Giuseppe (1862-1959) he worked for several years in the patho

Born 21 April 1868 at Ararat, Victoria, Australia, son of Dr Thomas Scott who was in practice there. He was educated in Australia, but received his medical training at Glasgow, where he qualified in 1890, proceeding to the doctorate in 1893, the year in which he gained the English Conjoint diplomas.

Born 25 June 1882 in College Park, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, the son of a business man. He was educated at Prince Alfred College, where he won the intercollegiate championship for club-swinging in two successive years. At the University of Adelaide he was placed top of his year in the f

Born 17 April 1873 son of William Scott, principal of Toronto Normal School. He was educated at the Ottawa Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto, where he graduated in arts in 1895 and qualified in medicine three years later. He started to practise in Toronto, but spent some years in po

Born 12 November 1866 at Neath, Glamorgan, fifth child and third son of Alfred Curtis, solicitor, and Hannah Davies, his wife. Alfred Curtis was town clerk of Neath and clerk to the borough and county justices from 1866 to 1886. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School, at University College, Lo

He received his medical education at University College, London, and was consulting surgeon to the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital. During the war of 1914-18 he was officer in charge of the surgical division of the General Military Hospital at Edmonton. At one time he was senior demonstrator of