Born at Cartwright, Durham County, Ontario, Canada, on 25 May 1877, the son of Nelson Marlow and Ann Parr, his wife. He was educated at Port Perry and took honours at Trinity Medical College, Toronto, in 1900. He served for a year as house surgeon at St Michael's Hospital, and then proceeded to Lond

Born February 8th, 1849, son of the Rev G L Herman, of Kilwarlin, Co Down, entered the London Hospital in 1866, where he became Resident Accoucheur in 1870, Medical Registrar in 1873, and Junior Resident Medical Officer in 1874. He was deeply influenced by Dr Henry Gawen Sutton's teaching of patholo

Peter Stallabrass was consultant obstetric and gynaecological surgeon to the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. He studied medicine at King's College London passing MB BS in 1955 and the fellowship of the College in 1959. After early posts at Queen Charlotte's Hospital and Chelsea hospital for Wom

Roger de Vere was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Westminster Hospital, London. He was born on 23 May 1921 in Eynsham, Oxfordshire, the son of Gaston de Vere, an Oxford extramural studies tutor and translator of Vasari's *Lives* of Renaissance artists, and Margaretta Josephine née Ham

Born on 25 March 1869 at Stoke Newington Green, North London, eldest of the three children of George Jesse Barnabas Stevens MRCS 1866 and his wife Charlotte Honey, he was educated at St Paul's School and Guy's Hospital where he served as house surgeon and resident obstetric officer, after qualifying

Born on 20 May 1904 at Oamaru in the South Island of New Zealand, fourth child and third son of Walter Searle, a car importer, and Mary Fox his wife, he was educated at Waitaki Boys High School and Otago Medical School, Dunedin. After postgraduate study at Guy's Hospital, he devoted himself to gynae

Born at Birmingham on 12 December 1897 son of Isaac Shaw JP, he was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and at St John's College, Cambridge where he was an open entrance scholar and won a foundation scholarship and Wright's prize and took first-class honours in the first part of the Natural

Pamela Mary Spencer née Bacon was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Whittington Hospital, London. She was born in London, in Dulwich, the daughter of Leonard Guy Bacon, a civil servant who had served as a bomber pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, and Edith M

Harold Hugh Gamlin Francis was a consultant obstetric and gynaecological surgeon at the United Liverpool Hospitals, and a senior lecturer at the University of Liverpool Medical School. He studied medicine at Otago University, New Zealand, qualifying MB BS in 1944. He was a house surgeon at Wellin

Barton Gilbert was a consultant in gynaecology and obstetrics. He was born in Wembley, London, on 28 October 1908. His father, Ernest Jesse Gilbert, was an accountant. His mother, Amy Louise (whose maiden name was also Gilbert), was the daughter of a leather-merchant. His family was descended from W

John Carron Brown, known to his colleagues as ‘JCB’, was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Norwich. He was born in Sutton, Surrey, on 29 June 1925, the older son of Cecil Carron Brown, a general practitioner, and Jessamy Harper, a solicitor. Educated first at Homefield Preparatory Schoo

Tom Lewis was a respected London obstetrician and gynaecologist. He was born in Hampstead on 27 May 1918, but regarded himself as a South African of Welsh origin. His great-grandfather, Charles Lewis, had run away to sea from Milford Haven and settled in Cape Town in about 1850, where he established