Born 13 October 1862, the second son of the Rev B G Luard, Rector of Birch, near Colchester, Essex, and Clara Isabella Sandford Bramston, his wife. Another son, Canon E P Luard, succeeded their father as Rector of Birch. He was educated at Malvern College, was a scholar of St Catherine's College, Ca

Born at Bletchley, 31 August 1865, the seventh child and fifth son of Thomas Lucas, farmer, and his wife, *née* Goodman. He was educated privately till he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1883, where he subsequently served as house surgeon. He was for a time resident medical officer at the Metro

Second son of Edward John Lucy, of the firm of Lucy and Townsend, millers and corn merchants, Albion Mills, Worcester, he was born at Sidbury House, Worcester, 25 February 1863. He was educated at the Cathedral School, Worcester, where he was a King's Cathedral scholar and entered Malvern College in

Born 13 September 1854 at Hull, Yorkshire, the sixth child and third son of William Joseph Lunn, FRCS by election, and Mary Heath Craven his wife. His grandfather, William Lunn, was also elected a Fellow. There we thus three generations elected into the Fellowship, a unique distinction. He was ed

Born 7 July 1899 at Brakpan, Transvaal, South Africa, son of Leon Lurie, merchant, and Sare his wife. He was educated at South African College School, Capetown, and at Capetown University, where he took first place in his matriculation examination and graduated MA with distinction. He was elected to

Born in London on 25 November 1862, the third child and second son of James Hudson Taylor (1832-1900), MRCS, and his wife, *née* Dyer. J H Taylor founded and for long directed the China Inland Mission, with which his son Frederick was later associated for fifty-seven years; his life was written by t

Born at Llanelly, South Wales on 18 June 1881, second son of Henry Roger Thomas and Edith Anne Thomas, his wife. He was educated at the Friends School, Bootham, entered the Leeds Medical School in 1898, and afterwards studied at the London Hospital, whence he took the London and Conjoint qualificati

He was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital. Henry practised at 2 Burn Street, Waverley, Johannesburg, South Africa, where he died on 20 June 1943, survived by his daughter, Mrs Robertson. An American surgeon of the same name also died in 1943, but there was apparently no connexion between the t

Born on 28 April 1864, the third son of Francis Maynard and his wife Caroline Pocock. He was educated privately at Ditchling, Sussex, and at the London Hospital, where he was obstetric scholar in 1895, and qualified in 1896 at the age of 31. He was clinical assistant in the medical, ophthal¬mologica

Born on 19 July 1865 at Rochester in the State of Minnesota, USA, the second son of William Worrall Mayo and Louise Abigail Wright, his wife. The father, a chemist, emigrated from Manchester, England, to the United States in 1845 and may have been a member of the family of Mayo who had lived in Wilt

Born on 15 September 1854, the second son of Henry Price, a Guernsey man, and Henrietta Freeman, his wife. He came to Maldon, Essex, in 1861 on a visit to his uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs John Sadd, was sent to school there and received some private tuition in Latin and Greek. When little more than a

Born 5 April 1861 at Pictou, Nova Scotia, the third child and eldest son of Howard Primrose, of the Bank of Nova Scotia, and Oliva Campbell, his wife. He was educated at Pictou Academy, at Edinburgh University, where he qualified, and at the Middlesex Hospital. After taking the English Conjoint degr