Born at Bath, where his father had long been in general practice. His grandfather and youngest brother were also medical practitioners. He entered Charing Cross Hospital in 1849, attending also the adjacent Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, where he had the advantage of G J Guthrie’s (qv) teac

Born at Norwich on September 4th, 1817, second son of Philip Barnes, an architect and one of the founders of the Royal Botanic Society of London. His mother was Harriet Futter, daughter of a Norfolk squire. Sent to school at Bruges from 1826-1830 he became proficient in French; later he had as tuto

Educated at St George’s Hospital. Practised at Ross, Herefordshire, and was then House Surgeon to the Bath United Hospitals. Moving to 8 Cleveland Gardens, London, W, he was in practice there for many years, and was Physician-Accoucheur to the St George’s and St James’s Dispensaries. He was a Fellow

Educated at King’s College Hospital. Practised at Gloucester (5 Barton Street) and was Surgeon to the General Infirmary there, the Children’s Hospital, and the Magdalen Asylum. At some period between 1871 and 1875 he moved to Bath (Hanover House, Walcot, and then 12 Pierrepont Street), where he prac

Practised at Bath, where at one time he was Surgeon to the Bath West Dispensary, to the Abbey District, and to the Bath District of the Great Western Railway. He practised at 13 Pierrepont Street, and died there on May 7th, 1881.

Educated in London and Paris. Was at one time Surgeon to the Somerset Militia and Coroner for North Somerset. He was Mayor of Bath in 1859-1860, and at the time of his death was JP for Bath and Surgeon to the St Catherine’s Hospital and Bath Eye and Ear Infirmary, and also Hon Consulting Physician t

Educated at Guy’s Hospital; was Demonstrator of Anatomy at Grainger’s School, and of Morbid Anatomy at St Thomas’s Hospital. He was for many years a medical and surgical tutor, or, as it was then called, ‘a grinder’, living at 15 St Thomas’s Street, Southwark. He retired to Hollybank Cottage, St Joh

Third son of S Barrow, of Bath, thus belonging to a family which included two distinguished generals who each became a KCB. He entered St Bartholomew’s as an articled pupil of Edward Stanley (qv), then an assistant surgeon, Luther Holden being a contemporary pupil. For twelve months he acted as dres

Lynn Evans was a consultant surgeon to the Lewisham groups of hospitals in London. He was born in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, on 15 July 1927, the son of the Rev. Thomas John Evans and Jenny Lloyd Williams, daughter of a newspaper editor and publisher. His brother, Thomas Arwyn Evans, is also

Ramakanta Chakrabarti was a respected surgeon in Calcutta. He was born in Calcutta on 1 October 1945, the son of Rajchandra and Kadambini Chakrabarti. He studied medicine at Calcutta National Medical College, where he subsequently held intern and house surgeon posts. In 1973 he was appointed as a

Surgeon Vice Admiral Eric Blackburn Bradbury RN was the medical director general of the Royal Naval Medical Service from 1969 to 1972, a period when many changes were being made in the services. He was born on 2 March 1911, the son of A B Bradbury of Maze, County Antrim. His education was at the Roy

Patrick Kevin Coakley was born on 19 December 1928 at Bantry, County Cork, Eire. He attended Blackrock College, Dublin, and studied medicine at the University of Cork, qualifying in 1952. After the surgical rotation he passed the FRCS in Ireland. In 1955 he was appointed to a short service commiss