Educated at St Thomas's Hospital and at the Hotel-Dieu and La Charité, Paris. He settled in practice in Hobart Town, Tasmania, and was Surgeon to HM General Hospital from 1860-1869. Towards the close of his life he devoted himself to politics and was a well-known public man, being a member of the Le

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

Somerville Hastings was born on 4 March 1878 at Warminster, Wiltshire, the son of the Rev H G Hastings. He was educated at Wycliffe College, Stonehouse, Wiltshire and at University College, London, where he won gold and silver medals for botany. He won an entrance scholarship to the Middlesex Hospit

Chandra Bhan Singh was professor of surgery and anatomy at the Medical College, Agra, India. He was born in Akaltara, Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh on 12 January 1900, into a distinguished Rajput family. His father, Thakur Pachkour Singh, was a landlord; his mother was Swarn Kumari Devi Singh. He studied

Born at Grafton, New South Wales on 8 August 1880, son of Charles Page, coach-builder, and his wife Mary Cox, both his parents being Australian born and inheriting from their parents a tradition of public service, he qualified from the University of Sydney in 1902, was a resident at the Prince Alfre

Born at Melbourne in 1879, eldest child of John Cooke, pasturalist, who had formerly lived in New Zealand, and Edith Marshall, his wife. He was educated at Melbourne University, where he qualified in 1901, and served as house physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He took the BS in 1902 and then

Born at 128 Church Street, Kensington, on April 14th, 1857. His grandfather was William Horsley, musician; his father, John Callcott Horsley (1817-1903), RA, and Treasurer 1882-1897, author of *Recollections of a RA*, an opponent of the Pre-Raphaelites, of the Paris Salon, and of the nude model of h

Born at Norwich, the third son of William Dalrymple, the eminent surgeon of that city, and brother of John Dalrymple (qv) and Archibald Dalrymple (qv). He was educated in Norwich, at Guy's Hospital, and in Paris. He practised in Norwich till his retirement in 1863, and was at one time Surgeon-Accouc

Wilfred Anthony de Souza was a general surgeon in Goa and chief minister of the state on three occasions. He was born on 23 April 1927 at Vagator, Anjuna, a small village in north Goa, the son of Tito Fermino de Souza, a doctor, and Alina Ana Maria de Souza. In 1930 Wilfred's father went to Kampala,

John Desmond Cronin was born on 1 March 1916, the son of John Patrick Cronin. He received his medical training at London University where he qualified in 1939. Thereafter he held house officer appointments at St Bartholomew's (1939-1940) and the Royal Free (1941-1942) Hospitals. He joined the Royal

Soon Wong was a surgeon and former minister of agriculture and social development in Malaysia. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Born at Greenisland, Co Antrim, where his family had lived for many generations, on 4 January 1872, the only son and eldest child of Charles Johnstone, land owner, and Mary McCreavy, his wife. He was educated at the Belfast Academical Institution, and at Queen's College, Belfast, where he was a scho