Hugh Lett came of an Anglo-Irish family but was born on 17 April 1876 at Waddingham, Kirton, Lincolnshire, where his father Richard Alfred Lett (M.B. Dublin 1869) was in general practice; his grandfather had also been a doctor. He was educated at Marlborough College and kept a close connection with

Born 1875, he entered the London Hospital Medical College in 1895 with the Price science scholarship and subsequently won scholarships in anatomy and biology, and the senior Letheby Scholarship. Qualifying in 1901, he served as house surgeon to Thomas Openshaw, FRCS and James Sherren, FRCS and as ho

Born 20 November 1870 at Stoke Newington, Middlesex, the fifth child and fourth son of Thomas John Cross, tea merchant, and his wife, *née* Edmunds. He was educated at Tonbridge School and at Dulwich College. At Guy's Hospital he served as house surgeon, resident obstetric officer and demonstrator o

Born in 1879, he qualified in 1901 and took the Fellowship in 1903, but could not be admitted till after his twenty-fifth birthday early in 1904. He practised for a time in London, and later for many years gave his address in the official *Medical Register* as 141 Great Charles Street, Birmingham, a

Born on 19 December 1875, the youngest son of William Atkins of Norwich, he received his medical education at Guy's Hospital. After holding appointments as house physician and assistant house surgeon, he went to the South African war on the staff of the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital and, on his return

Born in 1874, a Brahmin, he spent his professional life in Edgbaston, Birmingham. He figured in the news in December 1943 when he was acquitted of a serious charge (*Brit med* 1944, 1, 56 quoting *Birmingham Post* 15, 16, 17 Dec 1943). His son was Anand Krishna Pardhy FRCS. Pardhy died in a Londo

Born in London in 1876, the eldest son of Abraham Stusser, merchant, and his wife, *née* Sladowsky. He was educated at the South African College, Capetown, but returned to England for his medical training at the London Hospital. After holding resident posts there he studied under August Bier in Berl

Born 12 September 1874 at Feldafing, Starnberg, Bavaria, eldest child of Edward Theodore Compton, landscape painter, and his wife Auguste Pletz. He was educated at Uppingham and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was for a time prosector in the hospital's medical college and at the Royal College of Su

Born on 6 March 1875 he was educated at Owens College, Manchester, and the University of Edinburgh, and was a house surgeon at the North Lonsdale Hospital, Barrow-in-Furness. He entered the Indian Medical Service as a Lieutenant in 1903, after winning the Martin memorial gold medal at Netley. From 1

Born about 1880 he was educated at Charing Cross Hospital, where he won the Huxley and Pereira scholarships, and was demonstrator of anatomy in the medical school and clinical assistant in the ophthalmic department. He emigrated to New Zealand and practised at Queen Street, Waimate, South Canterb

Born on 12 July 1874, for his medical education he went to Guy's Hospital, and, after qualifying in 1897, he entered the Indian Medical Service on 28 January 1898 obtaining a gold medal in military medicine at Netley. Promoted Captain on 28 January 1901, he was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind medal, first

Born at Dalry, Ayrshire on 25 March 1872, the fifth son and ninth youngest child of Andrew Blair Aitken and his wife Jane Young. He was educated at the Ayrshire Academy, Ayr, and at Glasgow University where he graduated in 1893. After holding resident appointments at Oldham Infirmary and the Wirral