Born at 2 Rodney Street, Liverpool, the house of his father, Robert Bickersteth, FRCS (qv). He entered the Liverpool School of Medicine in 1845 and later studied in Edinburgh and at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, visiting also Dublin and Paris before qualifying as MRCS. At Edinburgh he was House

Born at Liverpool on October 4th, 1862, the son of Edward Robert Bickersteth (qv); was educated under Dr Hornby at Eton, which he entered in 1872. He was admitted a Pensioner at Trinity College, Cambridge, on June 13th, 1881, and graduated BA with first-class honours in the Natural Science Tripos in

William Henry Bickersteth, entered in the College Calendar as Henry Bickersteth, was born in 1813 and became distinguished both as a Physician and as Surgeon to the Somerset Hospital, Cape Town. He died at Cape Town on Aug 6th, 1862, and in the Medical Circular (1865, NS. xxvi, 447) there appeared t

Educated at University College, London. He practised at Sydenham (Steel and Corbould), and then at Reigate, where he died at his residence, Sonning Lodge, Somers Road, on March 12th, 1884.

Was educated at St George's Hospital. He practised for many years in Taunton, Somerset, where he was Medical Officer to the Union, and at a later date Deputy Coroner for the West Division of Somerset. He was on the honorary staff of the Taunton and Somerset Hospital, and was at one time President of

Educated at Guy’s Hospital. He practised for many years at Brixton Hill, SW, latterly in partnership with Charles Henry Drake. In the eighties of the century he moved to Crawley Down, Sussex, where he died on March 28th, 1902.

Romiel Anthonis was the most celebrated Asian surgeon of his day, and a role model to generations of Sri Lankans. He was born in Bambalapitiya, a suburb of Colombo, on 21 January 1911, one of the 16 children of Polwatte Arachchige Michael Anthonis, a master-carpenter, and Hettiarachchige Engaltina P

The second son of William Dalrymple (1772-1847), who was Surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital (*Dict. Nat. Biog.*), and brother of John Dalrymple (qv) and Donald Dalrymple (qv), who were also Fellows of the College. Archibald practised in partnership with his younger brother, Donald, the for

Born in British Guiana, the son of Edward Henry Dalton, a sugar planter, and later Postmaster of the Colony. He was educated in Brussels, but returned to Guiana before he began to study medicine. There he worked as a dispenser in a drug store in Georgetown and as a dresser in the Colonial Hospital.

Born at Swansea and early became a pupil of Mr Prosser of that town, after which he resided for some time with John Merriman, of Kensington, Apothecary to the Queen. After serving his apprenticeship he entered as a student at the united hospitals of Guy's and St Thomas's, where his career was distin

Born on October 2nd, 1836, in the house in Preston (27 Winckley Square) where his father had practised and where he himself died. His father was Alderman Robert Brown (1801-1858), (qv), for thirty-five years a leading Preston practitioner. Robert Charles Brown was educated at Preston Grammar School

Born on May 3rd, 1805, the eldest son of S Cowper Brown, surgeon, of Lewisham. He was apprenticed at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1821, and was educated at the Borough Hospitals of Guy’s and St Thomas’s, where he was a Dresser to Sir Astley Cooper, and a favourite Clinical Clerk to Dr Bright. In