Born at Penllwyn Place, Brecon, on March 4th, 1816, studied at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, and in 1845 began private practice at 33 Newhall Street, Birmingham, in partnership with William Royden Watts. He was Surgeon to the Birmingham Orthopaedic Hospital, took a keen share in the development o

Born on December 19th, 1886, at Sherwood, the son of William Oakden of Bank House, Retford. He was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Retford, and at the Nottingham High School under G J Turpin, DSc. He obtained a foundation scholarship at Peterhouse, Cambridge, in December, 1905, but did no

The second son of Alfred Denyer, a merchant in the City of London, born in London 26 February 1869, his mother's maiden name being Sarah Mary Ann North. He matriculated from Queens' College, Cambridge and graduated BA after gaining second-class honours in Part 1 of the Natural Sciences Tripos in 189

Born on 18 July 1899, the eldest son of James Diggle, builder, and his wife, *née* Fitton. He was educated at Rochdale Secondary School, and after serving as a combatant in the first great war he went into business. Feeling a vocation for medicine he entered Liverpool University Medical School, and

Educated at the Middlesex Hospital, where he was a prizeman in chemistry, house surgeon, house physician, and demonstrator of anatomy. For a short time he was surgeon to the Western General Dispensary, and then assistant surgeon to the North-west London Hospital and to the City Orthopaedic Hospital.

Born 10 September 1861 at Pensarn, Llandyssul, Cardigan, the eldest child of Evan Thomas, farmer, and Mary Lewis, his wife. He was educated at a small private school at Llandyssul under the headmastership of Gwilym Marlais, and afterwards entered the London Hospital Medical School. He won the Hutchi

Third child and second son of William Blackstock, gentleman, and Kate Anthony, his wife, he was born at 3 Cole Street, Birkenhead on 13 January 1895. He was educated at the Liverpool Collegiate High School and at King's College Hospital, London, where he was house physician, children's house physici

James Rudd Ratcliffe was born on 5 October 1899 in the Cape Province, South Africa, the son of a stock farmer who was killed in the Boer war within a few months of his birth. His mother was distinguished for her bravery in nursing the wounded during the siege of Ladysmith. He went to school in South

Arthur Chance was born in Dublin on 15 November 1889, the third son of Sir Arthur Chance, past President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1904 and 1905 and surgeon to the Marta Hospitals, and Martha, née Ronnaey. He was educated in Kildare and the Trinity College, Dublin. As a student

Thomas Alexander Ogilvie was born in Dundee on 11 April 1902. He went to school at the Morgan Academy there, and graduated in medicine at St Andrews University in 1925, being awarded a gold medal in ophthalmology. He held junior hospital appointments at the Dundee Royal Infirmary, and passed the Edi

Ian Harris was surgeon to the government of Brunei. He was born in Adelaide in 1920. His father had emigrated from Scotland, and Ian himself felt profoundly Scottish. He interrupted his medical studies to join the Royal Navy during the second world war. In the North Sea and later in the Mediterranea

John Le Messurier Kneebone was born in Adelaide on March 25, 1890, the eldest son of John Henry and Mary Matilda Kneebone, of Woodville, Adelaide. He was educated at Pulteney Grammar School where he was dux in each form. He won a scholarship to St Peter's College for three years where he was dux, wi