Born at Penally, Pembrokeshire son of Charles Mathias (1817-88) MRCS 1839, Surgeon IMS, he was educated at Clifton College and King's College, Cambridge where he gained an entrance scholarship and was awarded a first class in both parts of the Natural Sciences Tripos, despite a long period of illnes

Ronald Edward Connor received his medical education at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, passing the Conjoint Diploma in 1944 and graduating MB BS in 1949, in which year he also obtained his Fellowship. After serving as a Sub-Lieutenant RNVR from 1946 to 1948, he became supernumerary surgical re

Born in 1897, Daniel Alexander Davies first took the BSc and then studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital. He qualified in 1922, became house surgeon there, and later whole time demonstrator of anatomy. In 1926, after taking the FRCS Davies settled at Deal. He combined the skills of a first-rate ge

Oscar Theron "Jim" Clagett was born in Jamesport, Missouri, on 19 October 1908, the son of a country doctor and after early education at high school entered the University of Colorado for medical studies, qualifying in 1933. Initially he entered general practice but in 1935 he was successful in his

Richard Webster Doyle qualified in 1928 and graduated from Liverpool University in the following year. There is no record of his early appointments but he served in the RAMC during the second world war. He was taken prisoner by the Japanese in the Far East, spending three years in Changi jail where

Francis Theodore Talbot was born in 1872 and educated at Cambridge University and Leeds, qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1898 and graduating MB BCh in 1900. He was house surgeon and house physician at Leeds General Infirmary, and then went to Stockton-on-Tees and became a partner in a genera

William Crisp was born in Edinburgh on 5 December 1914, being the eldest son of Thomas Crisp (MD Edin) who was a medical practitioner and his wife, Janet (née Cowie). In 1921 the family moved to Chorley, Lancs, where Thomas established himself in general practice. William went to Bolton School and t

John Gwithian Craddock received his education at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and at St Mary's Hospital Medical School. After service in the RNVR as a Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander he spent the earlier years of his career in Africa, first at Dar-es-Salaam, and from 1956 to 1962 as surgical specialis

Victor Ariyaratnam Benjamin was a general practitioner in Goodooga, New South Wales, Australia. He was born in Jaffna in what was then Ceylon, the son of Charles Ariyanayagam Benjamin, a railway clerk and later station master, and Catherine Rose Gnanatheraviam Benjamin née Asirwatham, the daughter o

Born on 3 October 1863 at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, son of Edward James Counsell, an inland revenue official, and May Ann George, his wife. His father was a Somerset man and his mother came from Pembroke. He was educated at Guy's Hospital, which he served as resident obstetric officer. He settled in

Born on 1 August 1863 in Alderney, Channel Islands, second son of William Vickery, engineer, and his wife, *née* Tucker. He was educated at Plymouth and at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, where he was senior Broderip scholar in 1887, the year of his qualification. He became an ardent admirer

Allan Gordon Campbell, known as 'AG', was born on May 4, 1916, in Adelaide, the first child of Iris (née Fisher) and Gordon Campbell. His sister, Judith, was born in 1920. Schooled at St Peter's College, Allan entered the University of Adelaide Medical School at 16. At university, he excelled at