Born 14 December 1876 at Burton-on-Trent, the fourth child and third son of Charles Stanley, a master butcher, and Caroline Clarson, his wife. He was educated at the Burton-on-Trent Grammar School, at Birmingham, and at St George's Hospital, London. He went to South Africa, as soon as he had qualifi

Born at Weymouth, 31 October 1872, the eldest son of John A Sherren, printer and publisher, and his wife Anne Eliza Wilkinson. He was educated at Weymouth College, but early went to sea and served before the mast. After achieving his master mariner's certificate he suddenly left the sea, and entered

Born at Pilgrims Rest in the Transvaal on 14 January 1876, the sixth and youngest child of Thomas McLachlan, a pioneer from Perth, Scotland, and Maria Shires, his wife, who came from Cheshire, England. He received his early education at Maritzburg College and at Brighton Grammar School. He qualified

Herbert George Tymms graduated MB in the University of Melbourne in 1894, and BS in 1895. He then became RMO at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1895-6, and subsequently came to England where he obtained the Conjoint Board Diploma in 1899 and the FRCS in 1901. On returning to Australia he settled in

Born 19 August 1876, elder son of John William Collinson, wool merchant of Halifax, and Frances Whiteley, his wife. He was educated at the Quaker schools at Ackworth and Bootham, and at the Yorkshire College Medical School at Leeds. He received his clinical training at the Leeds General Infirmary, w

Born on 25 March 1874 the son of James Greenwood Slater, he was educated at Bradford Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with first-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos part I, 1895. He qualified in 1898, having trained at the Middlesex. In 1898 he became hou

Born at Leicester 30 May 1876, elder child and only son of Samuel John Lilley, carriage builder, and Martha Lewis, his wife. His father was one of the first builders of motor-car bodies. He was educated at Wyggeston School, Leicester, and at Charing Cross Hospital where he won an entrance scholarshi

Born 10 August 1864 at Owen Sound, Ontario, the fourth child and third son of John Middlebrough, miller and contractor, and Margaret Burrow, his wife. He was educated at Old Stone School, now Strathcona Public School, Owen Sound, at the Model School, Collingwood, and at the Medical School of Toronto

Born at Elton Hall, Sandbach, Cheshire on 16 June 1876, the eldest son of Charles Billington. He was educated at Sandbach Grammar School and at Wellington College, Salop (Wrekin school), where he became head of the school and acted for a time as secretary to Sir John Bayley, its master and founder.

Educated at Trinity Medical College, Toronto, where he graduated 1886, Nichols served as house surgeon at Guy's Hospital and took the Conjoint qualification in 1899, proceeding to the Fellowship at the end of 1901. He then went back to Canada, where he practised at Winnipeg. He examined in surgery a

Born at Oldham, 20 September 1878, the fourth child and second son of Edward Richards Noall, waste merchant, and Jane Stevens Paynter, his wife. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and afterwards entered Owens College, where he acted as prosector in anatomy. Coming to London he took courses

Born at Kensington on 21 December 1873, the son of a Chancery barrister, he was educated at Clifton and King's College Hospital, where he was captain of the Rugby XV in 1895-96, and also rowed in the Hospital fours and eights. Immediately after qualifying he was commissioned in the 13th Imperial Yeo