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 on 28 May 1864 at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, the fifth child and third son of Charles Martin, a schoolmaster, and Elizabeth Hitchcock, his wife. He was educated at Ballarat State School and School of Mines, and practised as a chemist before going to England to study medicine. He worked at t