Son of John Chesshire, of The Oaks, Edgbaston; he studied medicine at Queen's College, Birmingham, and at King's College and University College Hospitals, London. He practised as an ophthalmic surgeon in Birmingham, and was Surgeon to the Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital. It was largely through h

Educated at Guy's Hospital. He practised in Swansea, and at the time of his death was Senior Surgeon to the Swansea Infirmary and Police, Medical Officer to the No. 2 District of the Swansea Union, and Surgeon to the Workhouse. He was also Surgeon Major to the 4th Glamorgan Volunteer Rifles, and Med

Came of an old Warwickshire family of farmers and doctors, being a grandson of W L Freer, of Stourbridge. He was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was House Surgeon at the General Hospital, Birmingham, from 1842-1848, and acted as Demonstrator of Anatomy at Queen's College. He then settled i

Born at Lancaster of a medical family settled there for a hundred years. His grandfather and father both practised in the town. His father, Christopher Johnson, senr, was an Edinburgh graduate, and for more than half a century a leading practitioner who cultivated both literature and science. His el

A descendant of an old Surrey family, who was educated at Guy's Hospital. He began to practise near Russell Square, where he soon met with success. In 1848 he joined partnership with John Sutton and Charles Hewitt Sams, of Greenwich and Blackheath. He became deservedly popular, and for many years he

Educated at University College Hospital. He appears to have practised at 32 Islington, Birmingham, and to have resided latterly at Crabtree Cottage, Pitsmoor, Sheffield, where he died on November 4th, 1881.

Practised at Lower Tulse Hill, Brixton, SW, and died at Heidelberg on June 13th, 1861.

Born in 1819. He was one of the Surgeons of the parish of St Mary, Newington, and in this capacity was called a 'cholera surgeon'. He was also Surgeon to the Royal South London Dispensary, Medical Referee to the Merchants and Tradesmen's Life Assurance Society, and a member of the South London Medic

Studied at Guy's Hospital and practised at Aspley Guise, Woburn, Bedfordshire, where he died at the age of 92 on January 17th, 1911. Publication: *A Memoir of the late Thomas Parkes, Ex-Surgeon and Apothecary at Aspley Guise, Woburn, Bedfordshire*, 8vo, portrait, Woburn, 1854.

Born on January 17th, 1817, and after being privately educated was apprenticed to Dr Pye Smith, father of Dr Philip Henry Pye Smith, of Guy's. He entered at Guy's Hospital as a student in 1838 and was dresser to Aston Key. James Oldham, though not strong either in frame or in health, was able throu

Educated at Guy's Hospital. He practised at Wargrave, Henley-on-Thames, and at the time of his death he was Surgeon to the Wokingham District School and Union Medical Officer, posts which he had held for many years. He died at Wargrave on June 17th, 1882.

Studied at Guy's Hospital and practised for forty years in Croydon, at first with Henry Horsley. He was for thirty-one years Surgeon to the Croydon Union Infirmary and was active in arranging a new building. Together with Alfred Carpenter and Sir Thomas Eldridge he promoted the Croydon General Hospi