Born on 5 October 1864 son of the Rev George T Ward, of Stanton St Bernard, Wilts, he was educated at Moneton and St George's Hospital, where he won prizes, medals, and exhibitions, and was assistant demonstrator of anatomy in the medical school. In the Hospital he held various resident posts and be

Born at the Vicarage, Berden, Essex on 8 December 1862, the sixth child and fourth son of the Rev F Gifford Nash and Sarah Eliza Hacket, his wife. He was educated at Gloucester Cathedral School and entered the Middlesex Hospital in 1882, winning the entrance scholarship, the exhibition in anatomy an

Born 23 January 1866 at Wincanton, Somerset, the second son of Samuel Deanesly, wine merchant, and his wife, *née* Dowding. He was educated at King's School, Bruton, Somerset, and at University College Hospital, where he was vice-president of the medical society and served as house surgeon, house ph

Born 4 August 1863 at Kohat, India, eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel H S James, RA; late Bengal Artillery, and his wife, a daughter of Dr Batson (Major, East India Army), who distinguished himself before Delhi during the mutiny. C H James's paternal grandfather had been commander-in-chief of Bombay

Born at Wye, Kent on 22 August 1861, the second child and eldest son of William Frederick Brook, MRCS 1856, and Jane Darvill, his wife. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Berkhamsted and at St Thomas's Hospital. He served as house surgeon at St Thomas's, at the Hospital for Sick Children in G

Born 26 October 1863 at Stogursey, Somerset, the second surviving son of Alfred Howse, MRCS (see the memoir of C B Howse, above). He was educated at Fulland's School, Taunton, and afterwards entered the London Hospital, where he served as house surgeon to E Hurry Fenwick. He went to New South Wales

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