Born at Woolwich on 23 August 1876, only son of George Whale, solicitor, and Matilda Whale, his wife. He was educated at Bradfield, at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he played lawn-tennis for the university club "The Grasshoppers", and at St Bartholomew's Hospital where he served as house physician

Born on 27 June 1877, third child and second son of the Rev James Patterson, minister of Ancrum, Roxburghshire, and Susan Noble, his wife. He was educated at Melville College, Edinburgh, and qualified from Edinburgh University in 1900, after winning the Grierson bursary in the basic sciences and the

Born at Bristol, 23 April 1886, the only son of Sir Hartman Just, KCMG, CB, legal adviser to the Colonial Office, and Katherine Frances Rootham, his wife. He was educated at St Paul's School, when F W Walker was high master, from 1898 until 1904, where he was successively capitation scholar and foun

Born 14 July 1878 at Aberdeen, the fifth son of Samuel Tawse, merchant, and Amelia Hackney, his wife. He was educated at Gordon's College, Aberdeen, at Aberdeen University, where he graduated with honours, at King's College, London, and at the London Hospital. After being house surgeon at the Throat

Born 16 April 1868 at Merstham, Surrey, second child and second son of Edwin Peters and Damaris Kingsnorth, his wife. He was educated at Charterhouse and at Caius College, Cambridge, where he took first-class honours in Part 1 of the Natural Sciences Tripos, 1889, and second-class honours in Part 2,

Born on 11 March 1877 he trained at the London Hospital, qualified in 1902, and studied in Vienna. After serving as assistant surgeon to the Metropolitan Ear Nose and Throat Hospital, he was appointed the first ear nose and throat surgeon of the General Infirmary and lecturer in his specialty in the

Born in Dunedin on 27 January 1924, Neil Little was educated at John McGlashan College and Otago Medical School, graduating in 1948. After house appointments in Otago and Invercargill and a registrarship in Dunedin, he proceeded to the United Kingdom. Here he studied and gained experience at Willesd

Born about 1863, he was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon, and in Paris. After serving as junior house surgeon at the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire General Hospital and senior resident medical officer at the Great Northern Hospital, London, and teaching anatom

Brian Hardcastle was an ENT surgeon in private practice in Gainesville, Florida. He was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, on 14 March 1925, the only son of Francis Beaumont Hardcastle, a pharmacist, and his wife, Florence May née Boothroyd, a builder’s daughter. He was educated at Paddock Elementary

Neil McGuire had a varied surgical career, ranging from active service in the RAMC during the Second World War, followed by general surgical training, 11 years in the Colonial Medical Service, further senior registrar posts (initially in cardiothoracic surgery, before changing to ENT surgery) and fi

Derek Farrar was one of the few who brought ENT surgery to Tasmania. He was born in Southsea, England, on 27 December 1921, the son of a naval officer. He was educated in Hong Kong and Plymouth, before going to St Bartholomew’s Hospital to study medicine. After graduating, he did six months as an

Edwin Nicholas Owen (known as 'Tim') was a consultant ENT surgeon for the Shrewsbury Group of Hospitals. He studied medicine at Liverpool University, qualifying in 1938 with the conjoint diploma and the MB BS. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a registrar in the ENT department, Charing Cr