Born at East Rudham, Norfolk, where his father was in practice; educated at Lynn Grammar School and Epsom College. His younger brother was Sir Alan Reeve Manby (qv). He studied at Guy's Hospital and then settled in practice at Wolverhampton, where he was Surgeon to the Wolverhampton and Staffordshir

Educated at Guy's Hospital, and became well known as a Surgeon in Plymouth, practising at 4 Park Place, Stoke, Devonport. After his retirement he served as Justice of the Peace for Devonport. He died at Penlee Cottage, Stoke, on March 24th, 1883. His son, William Paul Swain (qv), followed his father

Studied at St Bartholomew's and at University College Hospitals, and then practised at Haverfordwest, where he was Surgeon to the Haverfordwest Infirmary, also Medical Officer to the Union and Workhouse, and Surgeon to the Great Western Railway Provident Society. He enjoyed a large practice in the t

Was at one time Surgeon to Troops in Garrison and to the Guardship and Royal Marines, Pembroke. At the time of his death he was District Inspector of Agencies, General Superintendent and Confidential Medical Referee of the Scott Union Insurance Company, Deputy Lieutenant for Pembrokeshire, and a Jus

Born at Dalry, Ayrshire on 25 March 1872, the fifth son and ninth youngest child of Andrew Blair Aitken and his wife Jane Young. He was educated at the Ayrshire Academy, Ayr, and at Glasgow University where he graduated in 1893. After holding resident appointments at Oldham Infirmary and the Wirral

Born in 1888 the son of Charles Jackson LRCP Ed of King's Lynn, he was educated at Haileybury and at St Mary's Hospital. After qualification he held house appointments at St Mary's Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton. In the war of 1914-18 he served in France with the RAMC

Born 10 June 1869 at the Swan Hotel, Bucklow Hill, Rotherne, Knutsford, Cheshire, the son of James Henry Cuff of Rangemore, Altrincham, Cheshire, manufacturer of mineral waters, and Katherine Elizabeth Greaves, his wife. He was educated at Bowdon College, Cheshire and at Owen's College, Manchester.

Born in 1884 or 1885 he took second-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos, part I, 1906, from Trinity College, Cambridge. After qualifying in 1909, Archer was a house surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was for a time visiting surgeon at Beverley Road Infirmary, Hull and served as a temp

Born at Dorchester on Aug 12th, 1787. He was educated at Lymington, Hants, was then placed under a well-known surgeon at Salisbury, and in 1807 entered St Thomas’s Hospital, where, under the tuition of Sir Astley Cooper and Cline, he soon acquired a superior knowledge of anatomy and surgery. Sir Ast

Born at Highgate on May 26th, 1843; educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where for the unusual period of two years he was House Surgeon to Sir James Paget (qv), to whom he afterwards acted as private assistant, whilst serving for another period of two years as chloroformist to the hospital. He en

Educated at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals. He was appointed Hospital Assistant to the Forces on Dec 15th, 1826, and resigned on August 24th, 1828. Was Resident Surgeon of the General Lying-in Hospital, York Road, Lambeth. He practised for many years at Henley-on-Thames and was District Surgeon to

John Humphreys was a greatly respected consultant general surgeon in Southport from 1961 to 1990. His main interest was in gastro-intestinal surgery, but he was also a competent urologist. Fully committed to patients under his care, he visited them at weekends to check on their progress. In view of