Born in Auckland, New Zealand, 24 August 1881, son of Casement Aickin, merchant, and Elizabeth Mitchell Garde his wife. Aickin came of a medical family on both sides, for his mother was the daughter of Thomas Garde, MD and his grandfather Thomas Leland Aickin was MD of Trinity College, Dublin and FR

Born at Dunedin, 13 September 1878, fifth child of Henry James Ainger, manager of the New Zealand Loan and Trust Company, and Fanny Ellen Bailiff his wife. He received his early education at Christ's College, Christchurch, and left New Zealand in 1899 to study medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital,

Born at Dalry, Ayrshire on 6 May 1882 eldest eon of Andrew Aitken, wool manufacturer, and Anne Hogarth his wife. He was educated at Glasgow High School and University. He acted as house physician and house surgeon at the Victoria Infirmary and was afterwards house surgeon at the Glasgow Hospital for

Born at Dalry, Ayrshire on 25 March 1872, the fifth son and ninth youngest child of Andrew Blair Aitken and his wife Jane Young. He was educated at the Ayrshire Academy, Ayr, and at Glasgow University where he graduated in 1893. After holding resident appointments at Oldham Infirmary and the Wirral

Born in 1878, the son of a clerk and grandson of a serf. He was educated at the University of Yuriev, more familiar under its German name of Dorpat, and from 1918 to 1941 known by its Estonian name of Tartu. During the Russo-Japanese war of 1904 he served as a voluntary medical worker. After qualifi

Born 27 February 1864, at Clapham, the eldest of five sons of Frédéric Burghard, wine merchant, and his wife, *née* Boddy. He was educated at Christ's College, Finchley and at Guy's Hospital, where he took first-class honours in medicine and surgery at the MB BS examination and was awarded the Treas

Patrick William Cotter was a general surgeon at Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand. He was born in Runanga, New Zealand, on 17 July 1919, the son of William Makuri (Bill) Cotter and Sophie Mary Adelaide Cotter née Appleby. At the time of Pat's birth, his father was a GP, but a year or two later the

Born in London 15 September 1863, the eldest child of Raymond Johnson and his wife Barbara Wells. He was educated at Argyll College, Holland Park and at University College, London, where he won an entrance exhibition in 1881. He took his clinical training at University College Hospital and during th

Graham Hill was head of surgery at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He was born in Dunedin on 24 October 1939, the only son and second child of Thomas Graham Campbell Hill, a driving instructor, and his wife, Margaret Iris Hill née Arthur, a teacher. He was educated at King's Hill High Schoo

Born 24 April 1883 the second son of the Rev George Lindsay of Dunedin and Christchurch, New Zealand, and Jessie Mollison his wife. He was educated at Otago University, where he graduated in science in 1904. Coming to England he received his medical training at the London Hospital, where he was a pu

Born on April 16th, 1846, the son of William Lucas, of Midhurst, Sussex. He was educated at Queenwood College, Stockbridge, Hampshire, and in 1868 entered as a student at Guy's Hospital, which he served with high distinction for well-nigh half a century. In 1872 he became Assistant Demonstrator of A

He received his medical training at St Mary's Hospital, where he was Meadows memorial scholar in the practice of gynaecology and midwifery for 1893. Linington practised for many years as a surgical specialist at Folkestone, living latterly at 1 Radnor Park Avenue. He was medical officer to Bruce Por