William Ursell was born in Bognor Regis, Sussex on 8 November 1935. He was the second son of Gerald Seward Ursell, a master baker and catering managing director, and his wife Lily Beatrice née Wren, whose father served in the Royal Navy. Educated at Westloats Lane Primary School in Bognor Regis, Chi

Born at Edinburgh, the son of General Archibald Playfair, and a cousin of William Smoult Playfair, MD, LLD (1835-1903), Obstetric Surgeon to King's College Hospital, who was one of the first obstetricians in this country to insist upon doing the abdominal operations in his own wards instead of deleg

Roger de Vere was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Westminster Hospital, London. He was born on 23 May 1921 in Eynsham, Oxfordshire, the son of Gaston de Vere, an Oxford extramural studies tutor and translator of Vasari's *Lives* of Renaissance artists, and Margaretta Josephine née Ham

Born on 25 March 1869 at Stoke Newington Green, North London, eldest of the three children of George Jesse Barnabas Stevens MRCS 1866 and his wife Charlotte Honey, he was educated at St Paul's School and Guy's Hospital where he served as house surgeon and resident obstetric officer, after qualifying

Frank Cook was the son of Frank Plant Cook, and was born on 6 November 1888 at Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. He went to Bedford Modern School and Guy's Hospital Medical School, where he had a brilliant career as a student. Having obtained a university scholarship and research studentship in

Born at Leeds, 7 June 1876, the third son of James William Gough, decorator, and Emma Armitage, his wife. He was educated at Leeds City School and Medical School, where he won the William Hey medal in surgery and a gold medal in physiology and histology. At the General Infirmary he served as senior

William Stewart Campbell was born on 17 November 1907, the son of Sir John Campbell, a leader in gynaecology in Ulster. His mother was one of the earliest women graduates in medicine in Belfast. After a distinguished school career at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, in which he also found t

Born on 20 May 1904 at Oamaru in the South Island of New Zealand, fourth child and third son of Walter Searle, a car importer, and Mary Fox his wife, he was educated at Waitaki Boys High School and Otago Medical School, Dunedin. After postgraduate study at Guy's Hospital, he devoted himself to gynae

Born in 1884 at Boston, Lincolnshire son of William Gilliatt, he received his medical training at the Middlesex hospital, where he was an outstanding student. He won the Hetley clinical scholarship, the junior Broderip scholarship, the Leopold Hudson scholarship and the Lyell gold medal and scholars

Aubrey Goodwin was born on 4 September 1889, son of Alfred Goodwin, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and was educated at University College and Hospital, London, qualifying in 1913 and winning the Honours Medal. After holding resident appointments he joined the RAMC in 1914 serving at Salonika and

Born in Australia on 13 February 1881, the seventh child and third son of Frederic Chapple, CMG, head master of Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, and his wife Elizabeth Sarah Hunter. Chapple graduated in science at Adelaide University and then entered St John's College, Cam¬bridge. He took honours in

Nur Ahmad Khan Seyal was professor of obstetrics and gynaecology and a former principal of King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan. He was born on 16 July 1920 and received his early education in his home town of Jhang (Punjab). In 1936 he went to study medicine at Glancy Medical College, Amri