Albert Davis was an obstetrician and pioneering neuro-gynaecologist. He born on 4 January 1904 into a Jewish family in Manchester, where he studied medicine and became resident at the Manchester Royal Infirmary to Sir Harry Platt and Sir Geoffrey Jefferson, who greatly influenced him. He soon de

Born at Thamesville, Ontario, Canada on 21 February 1880 he was educated at the American Medical Missionary College, Battle Creek, Michigan and at Chicago. He qualified MD 1907 from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. Coming to London he took the Conjoint qualification in 1911 and the Fel

Samuel Barnett was born in Australia in 1900 and received his medical education at Melbourne University, qualifying in 1922, and gaining his MD in 1924. After resident appointments in Australia he came to London and gained his Fellowship in 1926. His chief interest was in gynaecology and he was s

Born 18 October 1872 at Hornsby Gate, Armathwaite, Cumberland, the third son and fourth child of Pearson Hewetson, farmer, of Fenton, Cumberland, and Charlotte Toppin his wife. He was educated at Grosvenor College, Carlisle, at the University of Edinburgh, at King's College Hospital, and at St Barth

Born at Islandmagee, Co Antrim, he was educated at the Methodist College and Queen's College, Belfast, then still a constituent of the Royal University of Ireland, graduated in 1907 and served as demonstrator in anatomy. He served in France during the 1914-18 war as a surgical specialist with the

Born in Birmingham on 5 December 1871, the son of James Laidlaw Maxwell MD Edinb, he received his medical education at University College School, London and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was a scholar and where at the London University final examination he obtained first place in the first cla

Born 21 May 1888 the fourth son of Louis Rivett, cotton-spinner, of Stockport, High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire, and his wife, née Smith. He was educated privately and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took second-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos, part 1, in 1909. He received his cl

Born at 45 Hope Park Crescent, Edinburgh on 14 July 1867, son of James McCann, mantle-maker of Cockburn Street, and Elspeth Bell, his wife. He was educated at George Watson's College and at Edinburgh University, qualifying in 1888 and acting for a time as demonstrator of anatomy. He later studied in

David Booth was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in East Surrey, Cuckfield and Crawley. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1960. He gained his FRCS in 1967. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a senior registrar at the Woolwich group of hospitals

Born in Edinburgh on March 16th, 1873, of a family originally from Dumfriesshire and the district of Sanquhar and Wanlockhead. After attending the City of London School and University College, he entered the London Hospital in 1892, where he was a sprinter and Rugby football player. He held the appo

Born at Pilkington, Lancashire on 10 May 1856, the third child and second son of James Briggs, he was educated at the Manchester Grammar School, at Owens College, Manchester, and at Edinburgh University. There he learnt anatomy from Sir William Turner, and was senior medallist; and surgery from List

Born at Fairfield Road, Bristol, on 1 October 1865, the eldest child of David Rayner, wholesale textile merchant, and his wife, Edith Fryer. He was educated at Observatory House School, Bristol, under Dr Cooper, and at the Bristol Medical School. After working in the physiological laboratories, he d