Bryan Luker was a consultant general surgeon at Rotherham and Mexborough hospitals. He was born in London, in Hampstead, on 5 July 1916, the only child of Herbert William Luker MBE and Ella Matilda Henrietta, the daughter of Adam Hauch, the headmaster of the local grammar school in Roskilde, Denmark

Neil MacDonald was a consultant surgeon at the Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester. He was born on 29 October 1927 in Suffolk, the son of E A MacDonald. He was educated at Ipswich Grammar School and Epsom College, from which he won a scholarship in science to the London Hospital Medical College in 1945

Jack Magell was a consultant general surgeon at Blackburn Royal Infirmary and Accrington Victoria Hospital. He was greatly admired by his colleagues and his trainees were devoted to him for the support he provided and the good grounding he gave to them for their future careers. Jack’s father, Abra

The eldest son of William Clement, a practitioner long established in Shrewsbury. He was educated at Shrewsbury School under Dr Butler, at the Middlesex Hospital under Sir Charles Bell, and at the University of Edinburgh. He settled in practice in his birthplace, Shrewsbury, where he acquired a larg

Son of the Rev John Cleoburey and Margaretta his wife, was baptized at St Helen's Church, Abingdon, on Aug 17th, 1793. He was educated at Abingdon School, for he recited there twice on Speech Day, 1805. He was apprenticed to Mr Short, one of the surgeons of the Bedford Infirmary, and completed his m

Born at Holt, Wiltshire, on November 17th, 1816. Educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He followed in the footsteps of John Dalrymple, the ophthalmic surgeon, and gained a large practice. He was one of the original staff of the North London Eye Institute, and subsequently Ophthalmic Surgeon to St M

Born in British Guiana, the son of Edward Henry Dalton, a sugar planter, and later Postmaster of the Colony. He was educated in Brussels, but returned to Guiana before he began to study medicine. There he worked as a dispenser in a drug store in Georgetown and as a dresser in the Colonial Hospital.

Born at Inverness; he studied at Aberdeen University; in London, at St George's and Middlesex Hospitals, and at the Windmill Street School. Entering the Navy he served on the West Coast of Africa, on ships engaged in suppressing the slave trade, then in the Mediterranean on board HM Frigate *Castor*

Born in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, on August 15th, 1837, the second son of W Jameson, Ladeside. He was educated at Glasgow University, and entered the Army as Staff Assistant Surgeon on November 9th, 1857. He was sent to Canada on April 17th, 1862, and was appointed to the 47th Foot, accompanying the regi

Was Surgeon to the Lincoln County Hospital, General Dispensary, Lunatic Asylum, County Prison, and Castle. He died at Ventnor on February 14th, 1855, bequeathing £500 to the Royal Medical Benevolent College (now Epsom College).

Studied at the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, and at Guy's Hospital. He practised at 4 Percy Street, Bedford Square, London, where he was Medical Officer to the Egyptian Mission, to the British and Foreign Musicians, and to the European Assurance Society. He was a corresponding Fellow of the Aca

Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was scholar in chemistry and histology and later Clinical Assistant to Medical Out-patients, and then House Surgeon at Westminster Hospital. He served with the South African Field Force during the Boer War, started practice at 42 Kempshott Road, Streath