Born 16 June 1871, the eldest child of Samuel Cookson, MRCS MD St Andrews 1862, of Stafford, and his wife Jane Grace, daughter of Henry Day, FRCP 1879, MRCS 1842, and widow of Mr Gibson. He was educated at Epsom College and at the Middlesex Hospital, where he was Freer Lucas scholar and subsequently

Born at Newport, Fife on 26 October 1869, eldest of the four sons and a daughter of John Prain of Dundee and Sara Elizabeth Leay, his wife. His father was afterwards agent of the Pacific Steam Navigation Co at Panama and at Valparaiso, Chile. Prain was educated at Cheltenham College, 1882-88, and at

Born on 12 January 1873 at 37 Panton Street, London, SW, eldest son of Albert Thurston, braces manufacturer, and Jane Owen, his wife. He was educated at a private school at Margate, and took his medical training at St Thomas's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon and surgical registrar. He was

Born 18 February 1872 at Wandsworth Common, London, the eldest of the four sons of John Sprawson, manager of the London and County Bank's Oxford Street branch, and Elizabeth Charles, his wife. All his brothers entered the medical profession, the second becoming Major-General Sir Cuthbert Allan Spraw

Born 12 February 1869 eldest of the three sons of John Crowley, a hotel proprietor, and his wife née Deehan. He was educated at Xavier College and the University, Melbourne, and was a house surgeon at the Melbourne Hospital. Coming to England, he practised for several years at Beckenham, Kent, but i

Frank Colby was born at The Mount, New Malton, Yorks, on 27 January 1865, the second son of Dr W Taylor Colby, JP and the younger brother of J G E Colby, FRCS. He was educated at St Peter's School, York, and matriculated from King's College, Cambridge, after winning an open scholarship in science. H

Born at Sandford House, Highbury, New Park, London on 30 November 1870, the tenth child and sixth son of John Henry Hewer, MRCS, LSA 1852, and Annie Langton his wife, sister of John Langton, FRCS. There were eleven children of the marriage, and the seven brothers entered the medical profession. Ceci

Born 1872, the youngest child of Alfred Howse, MRCS 1849, and Lucy Elizabeth, daughter of J H C Beresford Conroy, of Rosevale, Raheny, Co Dublin. He was thus a brother of Sir Neville Reginald Howse, VC, FRCS. His father practised at Stogursey, Somerset, and previously in Victoria Docks Road, London,

Born in London in 1869 the sixth of the nine sons of Edward Abraham Jones, surgeon dentist of Maida Vale (died 1895), and his wife Rosa whose maiden surname was Jones also, he was educated at University College School 1879-86, and at Charing Cross Hospital, qualifying as a dentist in 1891 and as a s

Born at Carlton, Melbourne in 1870, son of John Gordon a building contractor, he was educated at King's College, East Melbourne and the University of Melbourne, and was resident medical officer at Melbourne Hospital. He was in England in 1894-95, but went back to Melbourne and was elected surgeon to

Born on 16 December 1870, the second child and only son of the Rev William Lee, a Congregational minister and missionary, and his wife née Sargent, he was educated at Bedford School and Bishop's Stortford grammar school, taking his medical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital, which he entered with

Born in London on 8 August 1870, the son of C H Drake, Courtenay Drake was educated at Marlborough College, where he was captain of the Gym VIII, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He qualified in 1894, won honours in obstetrics at the London MB examination 1896, and took the Fellowship in 1897. Afte