Born at Chippenham, Wilts. His father, an engineer, died while his son was very young, and his mother, after residing for a short time in Bath, went to London with her only child, who was devoted to her throughout his life. After being privately educated, Silcock entered the Medical Department of Un

Studied at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals and at Edinburgh University. At various times he lectured on ophthalmic surgery at the Webb Street School, was Surgeon to the Kent and Surrey Eye Infirmary, and to the Stoke Newington Dispensary and Invalid Asylum for Females. He died in retirement at Court

Born 2nd March, 1836, son of John Watson, who practised for fifty years in Bloomsbury; entered Merchant Taylors' School, Sept, 1843, gained the Warneford Entrance Scholarship at King's College, and the Senior Warneford Scholarship in Medicine. He practised at 8 Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, an

Born at Carmarthen, South Wales, in 1860. He was educated at Hereford School and University College, London, and at University College Hospital, where he served as house surgeon. He practised for a time at Hereford and served as a ship's surgeon with the Peninsula and Oriental Company. He went to Au

Born at South Norwood, 25 March 1860, seventh child and fifth son of the Rev Charles Maddock Arnold, minor canon of Westminster and vicar of St Mark's, South Norwood. His mother was Jane, daughter of John Haywood, MD, of Chippenham, Wilts. Like two of his brothers he went to Westminster School, whic

Born 4 November 1868, the sixth child and third son of Arthur Lister (1830-1908), FRS, merchant and botanist, and his wife, née Tindall. Arthur Lister was a younger brother of Joseph Lister, and William grew up in the centre of a most gifted medico-scientific family, comparable only to the Darwins.

Studied at Westminster Hospital and practised at West Tree Villa, Maidstone, Kent, where he founded the Kent County Ophthalmic Hospital. He later had consulting-rooms in London at 11 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square. Late in life he lived at Maitland House, The Parade, Tunbridge Wells, whilst continui

Born at Springfield House, Hall Lane, Bradford on 28 February 1893, the eldest child of Samuel Lodge, OBE, MD, who survived him, dying on 19 March 1934, and Winifred Durham Garbutt his wife. His father and grandfather had practised in Bradford and his mother was the daughter of a medical man. Sam

Born 6 April 1863 at Spilsby, Lincolnshire, the eldest son of the Rev Charles George Ridley, who came from Kimbolton, and Mary Vine, his wife. He was educated at Boston Grammar School and at St Mary's Hospital, where he gained scholarships in natural science and pathology. He acted subsequently as h

Born on 30 November 1875 at Bingley, Yorks, fourth and youngest son of the Rev Albert Hudson, he was educated at Rugby, Trinity College, Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital. After qualification he became house surgeon and then junior and senior ophthalmic house surgeon in succession and finally op

Born at Lublin in Poland, he came to England in 1920 and entered the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. After qualifying he took up general practice on his own at the Vale, Highbury NW but, deciding to specialise in ophthalmology, he was admitted a Fellow in 1932 and then worked as a clinical assist

Born on 1 March 1899 in Dalston, Cumberland, he found himself involved at a tender age in the war of 1914-18 during which he served in minesweepers of the Royal Navy, mostly in the Mediterranean. On demobilisation he decided to take up medicine and entered the medical school of Guy's Hospital. After