Born at Culgower in Sutherlandshire in 1850, the youngest, and eventually the last survivor, of a family of four, consisting of two sons and two daughters. The Gunns are an old Scandinavian stock and have been settled for many generations in the north and north-east of Scotland. Marcus Gunn was educ

Studied at the Middlesex Hospital, where he was Broderip Scholar, Governor's Prizeman, and gained distinction in nearly all subjects. He was then successively House Surgeon, House Physician, and Resident Obstetric Officer. After that he acted as Clinical Assistant at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hosp

Studied at Edinburgh, at University College Hospital, London, and in Paris. At the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields, he was first House Surgeon in 1876 under Bowman and George Critchett, having as his colleague Marcus Gunn, then for sixteen years Clinical Assistant, when he was appointed Assist

The son of W B France, DL, of Cadogan Place. He entered Guy's Hospital as a medical student in 1835, and at once distinguished himself. In 1838 he received the Prize in Surgery of the Physical Society, and in 1839 the Silver Medal for Ophthalmic Surgery. After taking the membership he was appointed

Born on January 22nd, 1797, and entered the Madras Army as Assistant Surgeon January 19th, 1822, being promoted to Surgeon on November 18th, 1833. He was an oculist and superintendent of one of the HEIC's Eye Infirmaries. He is included by Lieut-Colonel Crawford in his list of twenty-nine members of

Born on October 3rd, 1880, the only son of William Lang, FRCS, Consulting Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital and to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields. Educated at Abbotsholme School in Derbyshire, he entered Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated BA with first class honour

Born in Suffolk, the son of Dr H C Juler, a local practitioner of Huguenot descent. He received his professional training at St Mary's Hospital, where he was successively Demonstrator of Anatomy (1877), Medical Registrar, and Medical Superintendent, and was for a time in general practice with John R

John Pyne was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich and West Norwich hospitals, and also worked privately at the BUPA Hospital Norwich in Colney, Norfolk. One of nature's true gentlemen, he had a courteous approach to his many grateful patients, his colleagues, junior staff and

John Anthony Rumble was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Southend General Hospital. Before he attended medical school, Rumble carried out his National Service with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Hong Kong. He subsequently went to Sheffield University to study medicine, qualifying in 1955. He the

Redmond Smith was an ophthalmologist in London and an expert on glaucoma. He was born in Barnes on 10 April 1923, into a medical family: his paternal and maternal grandfathers, and his father, Hector, were all doctors. His mother was Maud Smith née Hamilton. He was educated at the Oratory School, Ca

The only son of George M Frean. He received his medical training at the University of Cambridge and at the London Hospital; was Surgical Clinical Assistant at the Evelina Hospital, and settled in Oxford (29 Beaumont Street). He was at one time Senior Clinical Assistant to the Oxford Eye Hospital, an

Born at Portsmouth in 1867, the younger son of William Marshall, solicitor, Southsea. He studied at University College Hospital, where he was House Surgeon and Demonstrator of Anatomy. At the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, City Road (formerly Moorfields), he was House Surgeon, Clinical Assistant,