Alexander Tomkin was born on 21 July 1936, the first son of Harris Tomkin, ophthalmic surgeon and his wife Sarah née Nelson. He attended Castle Park Dalkey, St Columba's College, Tathfarnham, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he took the Nurock Prize for classics and the silver medal of the Biologi

Roy Harfitt was born in Alexandria, Egypt on 15 March 1944. He had no medical connections. His grandfather, Vicar of St Mary at Hill (the Billingsgate fish market church) founded the Christian Evidence Society. Ronald Stanley Harfitt, his father, worked in civil aviation and his mother was Josephine

Enid Wheldon was born on 18 June 1933 in Chester-Le-Street, County Durham. Her father, Joseph William Wheldon was a farmer and her mother, Jane née Rutter was a school teacher. After attending Chester-Le-Street Grammar School, she went up to Girton College Cambridge to study medicine and trained at

Malcolm Graham was an ophthalmic surgeon in Dublin. Born in Dublin on 1 April 1924, he was the oldest child of Malcolm Moore Graham, a clergyman in the Church of Ireland and his wife Constance Kathleen Hilary née Vaughan who was the daughter of a solicitor. After attending Mourne Grange School, Kilk

Born 23 August 1864, the second son of major (brevet lieutenant-colonel) John McDowell Elliot, of the 4th King's Own Royal Regiment of Foot. He was educated at Bedford School and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he gained the preliminary scientific exhibition and was awarded the Bentley prize for

Born 13 February 1874 at Pencoed, Glamorgan, eldest son of Rev D P Davies. Educated at Christ College, Brecon and University College, London, he served for a period as clinical assistant in the department at University College Hospital. After taking the Fellowship he was appointed assistant ophthalm

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 at High Close, Earlsheaton, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, 8 December 1882, the sixth child and third son of Arthur Lee, blanket manufacturer, and Phoebe Ridgeway his wife. He was educated at Batley Grammar School and at Tettenhall College, before he matriculated from St John's College, Cambridge. He rec

Born in Bristol he was educated at Clifton College and Bristol medical school where he gained a scholarship. In 1913 he worked under Richardson Cross and Cyril Walker at the Bristol Eye Hospital, becoming an honorary surgeon in 1919. In 1921 he was appointed surgeon to the eye department of the B

Born at Lee, Kent 12 August 1866, he was educated at University College School and Hospital, and spent two years on the resident staff at Moorfields, the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital. He sailed for South Africa in 1894 as ship's surgeon in SS *Dunbar Castle*. He practised for three years at Jaco

Born on 22 August 1880 the only son of Henry Edward Juler FRCS, senior ophthalmic surgeon to St Mary's Hospital, and Amy Anderson his wife, he was educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took first-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos part 1 in 1901. He entered

Born on 23 October 1872, the son of the Rev John Ferguson MacCallan MA, Vicar of New Basford, Notts, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Thomas Danks, chairman of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, MacCallan was educated at Nottingham High School, Charterhouse School, Christ's College, Cambrid