Born on 26 October 1876 at King's Sutton, Northamptonshire, where his father was in general practice, he was the second child and first son of George Waugh, MB, CM 1869, and Annie, his wife, daughter of Thomas Minks of York. He was educated at Epsom College, to which he was later a generous benefact

Hugh Lett came of an Anglo-Irish family but was born on 17 April 1876 at Waddingham, Kirton, Lincolnshire, where his father Richard Alfred Lett (M.B. Dublin 1869) was in general practice; his grandfather had also been a doctor. He was educated at Marlborough College and kept a close connection with

Born 12 September 1874 at Feldafing, Starnberg, Bavaria, eldest child of Edward Theodore Compton, landscape painter, and his wife Auguste Pletz. He was educated at Uppingham and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was for a time prosector in the hospital's medical college and at the Royal College of Su

Born in 1876 the eldest son of W H Coke MD of Ashford, Kent, he was educated at George's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon, house physician, and resident obstetric assistant. He practised at 137 Harley Street, and was a member of the Harveian Society. He died after a long illness in the Cou

Born on 6 March 1875 he was educated at Owens College, Manchester, and the University of Edinburgh, and was a house surgeon at the North Lonsdale Hospital, Barrow-in-Furness. He entered the Indian Medical Service as a Lieutenant in 1903, after winning the Martin memorial gold medal at Netley. From 1

Born about 1880 he was educated at Charing Cross Hospital, where he won the Huxley and Pereira scholarships, and was demonstrator of anatomy in the medical school and clinical assistant in the ophthalmic department. He emigrated to New Zealand and practised at Queen Street, Waimate, South Canterb

Born on 30 November 1878 at Enfield, the fourth child and third son of William Stephen Ridewood and Anne Foreman his wife, he was educated at Enfield Grammar School, where his father was headmaster. He studied medicine at the London Hospital, and won gold medals at the BS examination in 1906 and at

Educated at Guy's Hospital, he held resident posts there and at Great Ormond Street. During the first world war he served at a casualty clearing station in France. He was assistant surgeon at Croydon General Hospital and afterwards practised at 27 Beaumont Street, Oxford. Robinson retired to Sheepst

Robert Ainslie Ross was born in 1876 and came over from South Africa to study medicine in Edinburgh, where he was awarded a Dunlop Scholarship and was the first South African to win the Ettles Scholarship. He captained the University Rugby team and graduated in 1900, proceeding to take the Conjoint

Born on 12 July 1874, for his medical education he went to Guy's Hospital, and, after qualifying in 1897, he entered the Indian Medical Service on 28 January 1898 obtaining a gold medal in military medicine at Netley. Promoted Captain on 28 January 1901, he was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind medal, first

Born in 1874, a Brahmin, he spent his professional life in Edgbaston, Birmingham. He figured in the news in December 1943 when he was acquitted of a serious charge (*Brit med* 1944, 1, 56 quoting *Birmingham Post* 15, 16, 17 Dec 1943). His son was Anand Krishna Pardhy FRCS. Pardhy died in a Londo

Frederick Curtis was born in 1873, the son of Albert Curtis MRCS 1857, a general practitioner at Staines, Middlesex, and grandson of Frederick Curtis MRCS 1832, who had practised there previously. He was brought up a Quaker and educated at Bootham, York. His family had a long tradition in medicine f