The only son and second child of James Scott (1770-1849) by his wife Mary; born at Bromley in Kent, according to the inscription on his funeral tablet, on February 20th, 1799. His father, a general practitioner of Clay Hill, Beckenham, Kent, was in good social standing and of high professional reput

Studied at St George's Hospital, and practised at 59 Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park. At one time he was Surgeon to the North London Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye. He died in retirement on July 10th, 1872.

Born at Norwich, and was partly of German extraction. He graduated MD at Edinburgh in 1856, and then studied ophthalmology for four years under von Graefe in Berlin as one of his assistants, under Helmholtz, and under Donders in Holland. On his return to England in 1860 Bowman appointed him his Clin

Kate Goddard was a consultant ophthalmologist at Hull Royal Infirmary and one of a generation who, by their persistence and determination, helped change the way we perceive women in the professions. She was born in Sheffield on 12 July 1931, the daughter of Henri Arnold Joel Merrill and Una Adelaide

Born at Wigan, went to the town Grammar School, and to a school at Chester. In 1859 he entered University College Hospital as a student, and later was House Surgeon there, House Physician at Brompton Hospital, and House Surgeon at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. After becoming FRCS he studied ophtha

Born 7 October 1869 at Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand, the fourth child and second son of Samuel Stewart Griffin and Catherine Finegan, his wife. His father, born in Canada, was medical man, clergyman, politician, and pioneer settler. He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, where h

Born 20 October 1882 at Stamford Hill, London, eldest son of Arthur Griffith, solicitor, who survived his son, and his wife, *née* Donald. The family had a distinguished legal tradition. He was educated at Tollington Park College, at King's College, Strand, where he was a junior scholar, and at King

Born 12 November 1866 the fourth son of Thomas Frederick Grimsdale (1823-1902), MRCS 1845, of 29 Rodney Street, Liverpool, a leading gynaecologist (see *Brit med J* 1902, 2, 919; *Lancet*, 1902, 2, 712) and Jane Bury, his wife, who lived till her hundredth year. An elder son Thomas Babington Grimsda

Born about 1862 he was educated at University College, London where he served as assistant demonstrator of anatomy. He was house physician at the Great Northern Hospital and, becoming interested in diseases of the eye, was house surgeon at the Moorfields Eye Hospital 1889-91, and became surgeon to t

Hugh Joseph Taggart was born on 9 April 1893 and studied medicine at the University of Belfast where he obtained the BA in 1914 and qualified with the MB BCh BAO degree with honours in 1919. He decided to specialize in ophthalmology and so took the DOMS in 1921 and the FRCS in 1926. Taggart becam

Born on 28 May 1864 at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, the fifth child and third son of Charles Martin, a schoolmaster, and Elizabeth Hitchcock, his wife. He was educated at Ballarat State School and School of Mines, and practised as a chemist before going to England to study medicine. He worked at t

Born at Stonham Aspall, of the Rev John George Pooley, vicar of Stonham Aspall. He was educated at Tonbridge during the year 1882-3 and at Lancing for three years. He was admitted to Caius College Cambridge on 1 October 1886 but left without graduating after a residence of three years. He entered St